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The Drunken Sisters
The Drunken Sisters
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Author: Thornton Wilder Publisher: Samuel French Format: Softcover Pub. Date: 1957 ISBN-10: 0573621241 ISBN-13: 9780573621246 Cast Size: 3 female, 1 male
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About
the Play:
The Drunken Sisters is a one-act comedy by Thornton
Wilder. The game played between the sisters of Fate and the Greek
God Apollo escalates in comedic twists and turns that bring together
themes of truth and deception, life and love, and where our loyalties
lie. Recommended for scene study.
The Drunken Sisters tells the story of Apollo's journey
into the land of the three sisters of Fate who control the threads of
each man's life. Apollo in disguise tricks the sisters into releasing
their death hold on King Admetus of Thessaly. His trick: 3 flagons of
wine which he declares to be Aphrodite's beauty drink but which make
the sisters drunk. He then foils them with a riddle, releasing the
king from their snares – but only on the understanding that another
is to die in his stead.
The Drunken Sisters is a short, comic satyr play written by
Thornton Wilder as a companion piece to lighten the mood after
a performance of The Alcestiad, his adaptation of the ancient
Greek legend of Alcestis, who gave her life to save her husband
Admetus.
Cast: 3 female, 1 male
About the Playwright:
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an acclaimed American
novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between
the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue
to be read and produced around the world. He also enjoyed enormous
success with many other forms of the written and spoken word, among
them teaching, acting, the opera, and cinema. A three time Pulitzer
Prize winner and the only winner for both fiction and drama, his many
honours include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy
of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the
National Book Committee's Medal for Literature.
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