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The Whales Of August
by David Berry

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5

Small Cast

3

Female

2

Male

90 minsInterior SetAmerican

Synopsis

THE STORY: The scene is a beach house on an island off the Maine coast, where two widowed sisters, Sarah Walker and Elizabeth Strong, have been summering for many years, Elizabeth, the eldest and now blind, has grown increasingly reclusive and irri

ThemesAmericanDrama

Press Reviews

"A sensitive and gently humorous study of two widowed sisters moving into the twilight of their lives, where the richness of past memories and the fading promise of the future come into dubious battle. “This is not a play about the pathos of aging, but a call for choice and renewal."

— The New York Times

Publication

PublisherDramatists Play Service
Year1998
BindingPaperback
Pages72
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780822212348
ISBN-10082221234X

The Whales Of August is a American play written by David Berry and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).

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Dramatists Play Service · 1998 · 72 pp

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