Booth

This is the story of the turbulent, humorous and heart breaking relationship between Junius Brutus Booth the brilliant, half mad, alcoholic 19th century tragedian and his son Edwin, who became a great tragic actor in his own right

Junius, needing a companion to keep him company and to keep him sober or try to takes the shy, inarticulate young Edwin on the road with him

As they travel across America, a complicated relationship develops between the violent but loving father and his adoring but ambitious son which results in Edwin taking his first steps as an artist and a man, in the near destruction of the family, and finally, in the death of Junius

"A fascinating play. . . . Pendleton has approached a delicate task with that care and intuitive skill which often marks the actor playwright" ~ N.Y. Post

"A dark edged, often witty celebration of the thespian's disjointed world" ~ N.Y. Times

"The most intriguing monster to hit the Rialto since Tony Kushner's Roy Cohn.... Rivetting as it details the shifting tides of admiration and contempt between Junius and Edwin" ~ N.Y. Daily News