The Middle Ages: A Comedy in Two Acts

The Middle Ages: A Comedy in Two Acts
ISBN-10
0822207532
ISBN-13
9780822207535
Series
The Middle Ages
Category
Drama
Pages
68
Language
English
Published
1978
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Author
Albert Ramsdell Gurney

Description

THE STORY: The action takes place in the trophy room of a rather stuffy men's club in a midwestern city. As the play begins we meet Barney, the son of the club president, as a teenager--and already a rebel against the WASP-ish virtues so dear to his

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