The Call
- ISBN-10
- 0868198560
- ISBN-13
- 9780868198569
- Series
- The Call
- Category
- Australian drama
- Pages
- 46
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Author
- Patricia Cornelius
Description
Funny, disturbing and bittersweet, this is an enthralling drama about a young man looking to escape a suburban life. Gary stares into the eyes of a chook. After laying twenty thousand eggs and spending an entire life inside a tiny cage, she is facing the chop. Gary has had a confined life too -- most of it spent looking for girls, stealing cars and wagging school. Now it's become a succession of dull, dirty and dangerous jobs. But Gary yearns for something that can make sense of life for him -- give it meaning. He hears the call. One that roars inside him. A call of the wild, a call to arms, a call to prayer, a call of adventure. . . (1 act, 3 male, 4 female).
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