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A play in three acts.
The setting is an elegant house in London, England, on an exclusive street
near Kensington Palace, the residence of an American couple, a banker
and his wife who are patrons of the arts. They surround themselves with
artists; actors, writers, dancers and painters who are mostly exiles from
America, Canada and Australia. The play looks at the various reasons that
artists forsake their native lands to seek some recognition in Britain
or Europe. The wife of the American banker, a woman born in Europe, sees
herself as the hub of this wheel of adventurers and she affects all of
their lives finally, each one in a different way.
10 Characters: Helga, Donald and eight artists.
1 Setting: The lounge of One Castle Court. |