OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Patrick Talbot 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Raymond Carver

• Author Notes

  Adapted from the short stories "Intimacy," "Elephant" and "Gazebo" by Raymond Carver.

• Setting

  A meeting hall, somewhere in the American North West. Time: Not so long ago.

• Synopsis

  Three very ordinary men are brought together to share some not so ordinary experiences about their lives. They are coming to terms with sudden and unexpected trauma. A father is grappling with the lunatic financial demands being made on him by one of his children; another is wrestling with the infidelity of his young and beautiful wife, while the third man is trying to understand his disturbing obsession with his ex-wife. Is redemption to be found in sharing these stories? Or does the telling not alter anything in the end?

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  2

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  07 November 2011

• Production Notes

  Produced by Patrick Talbot Productions.

• Producer

  In association with The Everyman

• Original Venue

  The Everyman
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the information sheet that accompanied the original production.