Synopsis
The Awakening Of Kate Chopin
$10.99 Published by Samuel French Inc
2 Male 2 Female
Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and heralded by theaters in Kate Chopin's home town of Alexandria, Louisiana, Kate Chopin, author of The Awakening, must pick between her dying husband and her lover, the wealthy planter next door
She picks her lover, and he leaves her
In agony she goes forth to become the great writer she was meant to be
A tour de force drama of obsession rooted in the real life of the famous first great American novelist and based on detailed, shocking facts from her life
The selective setting of interior of old post-Civil War house provides poetic staging opportunities