The Doctor's Wife: Stage Play

By Colm David McCormack

When eldest brother Joseph brings his new wife to dinner over the weekend, the family is lying in wait. At half his age, and with previous marriages behind her, this 'gold digger' is in for a frosty reception. Set in the peaceful English countryside of the early twenty-first century, and turning a bright spotlight on the familiar everyday family dynamic, this play shows the warts-n-all reality often to be found lurking beneath the surface at most family weekends. Seething with gossip, innuendo, suspicion and objection, the family close ranks and dread the arrival of, Holly, the Doctor's Wife. With the characters of loveable Grammy, fiery Carlotta, nasty Nicholas, distant Joseph, distracted Robert, and suave and sophisticated Alexander in attendance - and with plenty of alcohol to drink and vitriol to fuel discussion - this play reveals the motivation and hidden personality of each character by virtue of a clever stage design ensuring the audience - unlike the characters themselves - gets to see both the 'public' and 'private' face of each family member; while they may smile and lie to each-other, none of the characters can hide from the audience. Raising questions about intimacy, honesty, denial, enablement, confrontation, behavior, sitting in judgment - and more - this play ultimately delivers a damning conclusion: we get the family we deserve

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468001590
• ISBN13: 9781468001594
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"