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Atlas's Equal

Short Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m, 2boy(s)

Austin Hughes

Published in the collection Thespian Playworks 2015

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m, 2boy(s)
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary

Just after the Boston Tea Party, several Torries were sent to the colonies to quell any revolutionaries. One such Tory, Paris, arrives at the inn of Helen, demanding quarters. But it's Paris who offers her kindness that her husband Alexander, a strong-willed American. When Paris and Helen become a little too close and Paris begins influencing her son, Alexander decides it be best to mold his son in his image and take him away from Helen.

Published in the collection Thespian Playworks 2015

History

Atlas's Equal premiered at James Martin High School under the direction of J'Mia Barrow. The play was subsequently produced at the Thespian Festival in Lincoln, NE in June 2015 under the direction of Elise Kauzlaric.

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Performing Groups
ALEX WILLIAMS – Son of Helen Proctor, age twelve
ISOM PROCTOR – African male, fourteen, adopted son of Helen Proctor
HELEN PROCTOR – Unmarried tavern owner, mid-twenties
PARIS BLACKBURN – British officer stationed in the colonies, mid-twenties
MIRANDA GOOD – Friend to the Proctor family, around sixteen
ALEXANDER WILLIAMS– Alex’s father, around thirty
  • Time Period 18th Century
  • Setting

    Summer, 1774. Boston, MA.

  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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