Synopsis
". . . [A]s described by Oppenheimer, Newsday: ‘A man sits peacefully reading in the sunlight in Central Park. There enters a second man, the antithesis of the first. He is a young, unkempt and undisciplined vagrant, where the first is neat, ordered, well-to-do, conventional. The vagrant is a soul in torture and rebellion. He longs to communicate so fiercely that, when he does make the attempt, he alternately frightens and repels his listener. He is a man drained of all hope who, in his passion for company, seeks to drain his companion. With ironic humor and unrelenting suspense, we see the young savage slowly but relentlessly bring his victim down to his own atavistic level and initiate a shocking and horrible ending.’
Comment
• "A New York and European success. ‘This is good theatre, period.’ — McClain, N.Y. Journal-American. . . . ‘Mr. Albee can make his narrative seem ominous and his climax chilling while writing with unhackneyed vigor, observing with humor, insight and sympathy, and drawing character with vividness and force.’ — Watts, N.Y. Post. . . .
• "Extremely simple set and props. . . .
• "Following instructions from the author of this play, it may be released only for amateur performances at which the audience is unsegregated."
• Subsequently rewritten into a full-length play.
Themes
alienation, anger, arbitrariness, Central Park, compulsion, conventionality, dominance, violence, wanderer.
". . . [A]s described by Oppenheimer, Newsday: ‘A man sits peacefully reading in the sunlight in Central Park. There enters a second man, the antithesis of the first. He is a young, unkempt and undisciplined vagrant, where the first is neat, ordered, well-to-do, conventional. The vagrant is a soul in torture and rebellion. He longs to communicate so fiercely that, when he does make the attempt, he alternately frightens and repels his listener. He is a man drained of all hope who, in his passion for company, seeks to drain his companion. With ironic humor and unrelenting suspense, we see the young savage slowly but relentlessly bring his victim down to his own atavistic level and initiate a shocking and horrible ending.’
Comment
• "A New York and European success. ‘This is good theatre, period.’ — McClain, N.Y. Journal-American. . . . ‘Mr. Albee can make his narrative seem ominous and his climax chilling while writing with unhackneyed vigor, observing with humor, insight and sympathy, and drawing character with vividness and force.’ — Watts, N.Y. Post. . . .
• "Extremely simple set and props. . . .
• "Following instructions from the author of this play, it may be released only for amateur performances at which the audience is unsegregated."
• Subsequently rewritten into a full-length play.
Themes
alienation, anger, arbitrariness, Central Park, compulsion, conventionality, dominance, violence, wanderer.
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