Synopsis
Laestrygonians
$10.99 Published by Samuel French Inc
3 Male 3 Female
Silent film starlet Mary Margaret is alone in her Hollywood bungalow, about to kill herself
A former Shakespearean stage actor, now a drunken silent movie leading man with a bad reputation, calls on her and tries to convince her to face life
In the course of their hilarious conflict, images of the actor's past emerge
His efforts to help Mary Margaret live force him to deal with his own demons and find a way to cope with the terrible secret that eats away at him like the cannibal Laestrygonians in Homer's Odyssey
Funny and rich in character and language, this powerful and unusual love story is rich with great audition monologues and scenes