Synopsis
The Retreat from Moscow
Published by Dramatists Play Service
2 Male 1 Female
Edward and Alice have been married for thirty-three
years. Their thirty-year-old son, Jamie, visits
them for the weekend, to find that this is the
Sunday his father has picked to leave his
mother for another woman
Jamie, unable to change his father's mind, watches helplessly as his parents' marriage crumbles, and his mother is overwhelmed with bewilderment and pain
This is a play without villains - both Edward and Alice are good people trying to do their best, but the damage done by Edward's departure is devastating
Jamie, caught in the middle, tries to help and can't, and slowly realizes that he's not an impartial witness but one of the combatants
His struggle is to understand both his parents and, like them, to survive the emotional hurricane that has ripped through their lives