The Gift of the Gorgon

Edward Damson, famous English playwright, has died violently at his remote Aegean home. His son, whom he has never acknowledged, American academic Philip Damson, has had a lifelong obsession with the father he never knew and he begs permission from his stepmother, Helen, to write Edward's biography. She agrees reluctantly on the proviso that he tells the whole story - a story, she warns, he will find painful...5 women, 4 men

Zusammenfassung

When Edward Damson, English playwright, dies in his Aegean home, his son Philip, whom he never acknowledged, begs permission from his stepmother to write his biography. She warns that he will find it painful. Edward's life is mirrored in the Greek myth of Athena and Perseus who slays the Gorgon.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter Shaffer, Shaffer Peter
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 23.01.2002
• EAN: 9780573017742
• ISBN: 978-0-573-01774-2
• Seiten: 101
• Serien: French's Acting Edition S; French's Acting Edition S.
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama