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Two Plays of Milk & Alcohol: 'My Friend Al' and 'Doug & Lillian'
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781914278884
Publisher: Amaurea Press
Published: Jan 22 2026
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
Two darkly comic one-act plays by Rodney Quinn.
In My Friend Al, Chris is a young man with a troubled past whose growing dependence on alcohol is slowly dismantling his life. As relationships fracture and options narrow, he turns increasingly to Al - his constant companion, confidant, and enabler. Witty, unsettling and sharply observed, the play offers a frank and darkly funny exploration of addiction, denial and self-deception.
In Doug & Lillian, Lillian has been married to Doug for many, many years. With their wedding anniversary approaching, she is carrying a secret - one she may or may not choose to share with the curious, eccentric figures who populate her 1970s suburban world. What begins as gentle domestic comedy edges steadily towards something far stranger, in a darkly comic tale with a macabre twist.
By turns absurd, humane and unsettling, Two Plays of Milk and Alcohol brings together two compact, sharply written one-act plays that combine humour with uncomfortable truths - works well suited to community and fringe theatre performance.
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