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Sea Wall; A Song from Far Away; T5

Mark Eitzel and Simon Stephens
$13.00
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Collection, Dramatic Monologues
Flexible Sets
ISBN-13: 978-0-8222-4118-8

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MIN. PERFORMANCE FEE: $130 per performance when produced together; $105 for SEA WALL; $55 each for A SONG FROM FAR AWAY and T5.
THE STORIES: This collection of heart-wrenching one-act monologues explores life, death, and the sudden drop that bridges the two.

Sea Wall by Simon Stephens. A devoted husband, a proud father, and a successful photographer, Alex is living his dream. But without warning, his good fortune slips out from beneath his feet, leaving Alex as a shell of the man he once was. (1 man.)

A Song from Far Away by Mark Eitzel and Simon Stephens. Willem copes with the sudden death of his younger brother, Pauli. Strained family relationships, self-destruction, and life’s uncertainties are aptly threaded together to create a memorable and poignant story about love and loss. (1 man.)

T5 by Simon Stephens. A woman who seemingly has it all vies for another life, another world, where she can escape her tarnished marriage and guilty conscience. (1 woman.)
“…tragedy is not what defines SEA WALL…the plays attest to our essential will to live and love, despite the challenges these pursuits continually throw at us.” —New York Stage Review.

“The final image of an embarkation is ambiguous, yet A SONG FROM FAR AWAY offers a window into the heart. [The play] reflects us back to ourselves, like pale ghosts peering into the abyss, straining to hear a distant song.” —The Guardian (UK).