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The Living
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780881458756
Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing
Published: Aug 11 2020
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.18 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Beautifully written... There is light of understanding cast on the human condition in this play. That light concerns the simple heroism of people who do not abandon their fellows in the dark hours.
Marilynne S. Mason, Christian Science Monitor
Set in London as the Black Plague sweeps the city claiming more than 100,000 lives, THE LIVING is not about death. Rather this remarkable, riveting drama is a compelling confirmation of life.
Sandra Dillard-Rosen, The Denver Post
Fascinating... THE LIVING is a play both clever and thoughtful.... With a fine wit and a keen irony.
Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune
Haunting revives the plague time with often chilling vividness... The drama would be interesting even if there were no modern parallel. The play remains intellectually engrossing and, ultimately, gut-wrenchingly affecting.
Aileen Jacobson, Newsday
This intelligent and cumulatively affecting drama...discovers the hope and humanity shining inside the black shroud.
Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle
Aided by Clarvoe's enticing dialogue and grim humor...we see that beneath all the turmoil and death, there exists a simple humanity that saves souls and restores faith.
Mary Houlihan-Skilton, Chicago Sun-Times
A rich, dynamic play...laced with oddly beautiful metaphors for tragedy.... Do heed this reminder to keep breathing during the full force of the action.
Patricia Corrigan, St Louis Post-Dispatch
As much a drama of ideas as it is a drama of passion and compassion, it unfolds in a series of Shakespeare-like scenes that follow a handful of characters through the darkest months of the plague.... Clarvoe writes with wit and intelligence.
Marion Garmel, Indianapolis Star
As a tale of human heroism and cowardice, pitilessness and compassion, medical sleuthing and political expediency, it cannot be beat.... Clarvoe's most potent idea has been to prohibit the characters from touching one another. Not even a piece of paper is handed directly from one person to another; everything is arranged to prevent human contact. So the ending is really miraculous.
Judith Green, San Jose Mercury News
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