Outward Bound: Play (Acting Edition S.) - Softcover

Vane, Sutton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573013284 ISBN 13: 9780573013287

Publisher: Samuel French Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

An odd assortment of characters are passengers on an ocean liner whose destination is unknown. Suddenly the bewildered travelers realize they are dead and headed for Judgment Day. The young man who has lost his faith in himself becomes desperately afraid, the snobbish Mrs. Cliveden Banks prepares to demand certain heavenly concessions, and the old cockney woman goes on with her knitting. Most frightened of all are a young man and woman who have committed suicide. The Examiner comes on board to judge their cases with whimsical perception.3 women, 6 men

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Review

...justifies revival... Vane is clearly saying something about a 1920s England riddled with social injustice and spiritual ennui... [Louise Hill's production] gets the play dead right. --The Guardian

About the Author

Playwright Sutton Vane (1888 1963) was a British actor and playwright. He started his career as an actor until the outbreak of the First World War. He joined up in 1914 at the age of 26 and served until he was invalided out due to shell-shock. Vane was haunted by his war experiences, and once he sufficiently recovered, he returned to the combat area as a civilian, appearing for the entertainment of troops near the front lines during the latter half of the war. After the Armistice, Vane turned to writing plays, and authored two conventional works that caused little stir. Outward Bound was his third play and the work for which he is now remembered.

Edition details

• Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0573013284
• ISBN 13: 9780573013287
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 74