Lovers and Executioners
By John Strand
Lovers and Executioners is a play that needs 7 or more performers (3 women, 4 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 7 or more performers
- Roles
- 3 women, 4 men
- Cast notes
- 4m., 3w.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- thriller
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
This "startlingly modern" tale about attempted murder and a woman's revenge concerns a husband who discovers evidence that his wife has been unfaithful. He abandons her on a desert isle, expecting her to die. But she escapes and returns three years later disguised as a man. She manages to have herself appointed judge and promptly brings her husband to trial for the murder of his wife. Calling the play "funny, grim, superb" the Washington Post wrote: "Strand's very free adaptation is like the bes
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