by David Mercer

adapted for the stage by

Lorenzo DeStefano

A distinguished and much honored old writer is dying. Haunted by the slow decay of his body, the insidious progress towards death, CLIVE LANGHAM, 78, struggles during one long night to create his final work of fiction. Peering down from his lofty, liquor-strewn bedroom, Clive formulates then obliterates his themes, intrudes upon the action, expertly manipulates his characters. His wicked portraits of his late wife, MOLLY, his son, CLAUD, Claud's wife SONIA, and KEVIN, Clive's grandson by them, depict his entire family as a roques gallery of the highest order. Soon Clive’s characters begin to speak for themselves, to misbehave at random, turning it would seem, against the Master.

READINGS OF THE PLAY	DAVID MERCER BIO	REVIEW OF THE FILM