Kennedy's Children

by Robert Patrick

Book Overview

This is an evocative drama of American idealism and the tragic fallout from the euphoria of the 1960s. Five lost souls are gathered in a bar Valentine's Day 1974: Wanda a secretary-turned-schoolteacher keeping John Kennedy's memory alive despite the inevitable slurs; Sparger an actor grown bitter and cynical as New York's vital underground theatre movement becomes a commercial wasteland; Rona a political activist who sees the movement collapsing from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0573611262
• ISBN13: 9780573611261
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Concord Theatricals
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent character studies & monologues to use

... If you do get a chance to read it... you will be amazed at the detailed characters built up by the long, uninterrupted monologues.There isn't a plot as such, its set in the early 70's and involves a group of 6 unrelated characters explaining their lives in the setting of a bar, looking back at the sixties and what it meant for them. The characters include a frustrated model obsessed with becoming a 'marilyn' like figure and a young alchoholic who works in underground theatre.Brilliant to read - and I think even better to see on stage, its a pity it hasn't been more widely acclaimed.Especially good if you have any auditions coming up because every scene is its own self contained monologue, and incredably naturalistic considering the monologue format.