The interior worlds and sufferings of both Matt Friedman and Sally Talley are revealed as they find themselves drawn together in an intense romance

Talley's Folly: A Play (Mermaid Dramabook Series)

Literature & Fiction

Lanford Wilson

Dramas & Plays

Hill and Wang / Noonday Press

Lanford Wilson Collected Works. Volume III: The Talley Trilogy

A Smith And Kraus Book

Talley's Folly: A Play (Dramabook)

Hill and Wang

THE STORY: The setting is a large tent, where two flower show exhibitors have sought refuge from a sudden rainfall. She (Ms. Joslyn) is visibly annoyed at the curt treatment that the judges have given her Little Soldier and makes no bones about it. He (Mr. Wasserman) is equally dismayed by the fate of his Little Tanya, but is too soft-spoken and retiring to vent his anger. They both agree that if the judges are getting soaked it serves them right, but Mr. Wasserman's attempts at friendly conversation are confounded by Ms. Joslyn's close-mouthed surliness. But gradually it develops that (a) they happen to admire each other's creations (unlike the judges) and (b) they are near neighbors-all of which leads in time to the realization that if it proved possible to combine the color of his Little Tanya with the texture of her Little Soldier a new strain of flower would result which even the most obtuse of judges would be dazzled by. Quivering with anticipation they prepare to leave, as the sun comes out, and the prospect of future glory sends them resolutely back to their test beds and potting sheds.

A Betrothal

WILSON, Lanford

Dramatist's Play Service

THE STORIES: THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION. This fascinating and brilliantly inventive play details the chance meeting, after many years, of two girlhood friends. One has married well and the other has achieved a successful career, but, for both, as

The Great Nebula in Orion and Three Other Plays

A group of friends who came of age in the sixties have a reunion in an old Missouri farmhouse, where their reminiscences reveal shattered hopes, buried resentments, lost dreams, and the unhealed trauma of the Vietnam War.

Fifth of July (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

Dramatists Play Service

The guests at a rundown hotel meet and interact with one another over the course of a day.

The Hot L Baltimore (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

The Rimers of Eldritch. (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

Humor & Entertainment

The Sand Castle and Three Other Plays.

A well-known play written by Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson.

Serenading Louie - Acting Edition

Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

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