Panther
- Short Play, Drama, 1980s
- 1M
- ISBN: 9780573696398
In this brief, intense, powerful monologue for a mature actor, it's 1988, and John Rose, who has willed himself to live to be a hundred years old because he promised his beloved sister Jessie he would do so, sits on a fallen tree in the woods by the old Pendragon house where he was born.
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Description
- Short Play
- Drama
- 10 minutes
- Time Period: 1980s
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
In this brief, intense, powerful monologue for a mature actor, it's 1988, and John Rose, who has willed himself to live to be a hundred years old because he promised his beloved sister Jessie he would do so, sits on a fallen tree in the woods by the old Pendragon house where he was born and waits for the panther his sister always warned him about to come and get him. See also Nigro's Laestrygonians.
Published in Gorgons & Other Plays.
Published in Gorgons & Other Plays.
Characters
- Casting: 1M
- Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors, All Male, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
