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Summer

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4f, 4m

Hugh Leonard

Summer
by Hugh Leonard

Three married couples, accompanied by the son of one and daughter of another, assemble on a hill near Dublin to picnic. During the afternoon the various relationships between them, on the surface and beneath it, become apparent, while the young people regard their elders somewhat sardonically across the generation gap.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4f, 4m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Three married couples, accompanied by the son of one and daughter of another, assemble on a hill near Dublin to picnic. During the afternoon the various relationships between them, on the surface and beneath it, become apparent, while the young people regard their elders somewhat sardonically across the generation gap. Six years pass, and the group come together again - but the place has changed, as they have. In their various ways all show the passage of the years.
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A hillside
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Hugh Leonard

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