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Beloved Friend

Beloved Friend

By Nancy Pahl Gilsenan.

Product Code: B52000

  • Full-length Play
  • Drama | Tragedy
  • Cast size: 13m., 9w. (integrated).

    Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

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This title can be licensed and sold throughout the World.

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$9.95 /script

Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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Synopsis

At the beginning, Kristin, a high school student in Minneapolis, is encouraged to correspond with an African girl of her own age who lives in Rhodesia. Kristin's relatively affluent life in Minneapolis is in sharp contrast to that of her young African friend, Rachel, for whom life is a struggle against both poverty and indignity, as we see it almost simultaneously on the other half of the divided stage. As their lives become increasingly different, with Rachel involved in the struggle for equality in her country, the relationship between the two girls now growing into their maturity becomes closer and even more important. In odd, unexpected ways, they affect and help each other through the crisis of life. Kristin helps Rachel secure a little higher education that is of tremendous later importance. Rhodesia becomes an independent land and Rachel the Minister of Education. As she comes to Washington, D.C., on her country's business, Rachel is struck by the fact that she hasn't heard from Kristin. On impulse, she takes a plane to Minneapolis, where she's directed to a hospital. Kristin, now a victim of multiple sclerosis, is in a partial coma. Softly Rachel's voice pulls Kristin back into consciousness and, in what is one of the most moving scenes in modern theatre, the two lifelong pen pals have their moment of at last recognizing and then touching what is for each of them—their beloved friend.

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Details

  • Status

    In stock

  • Type of Show Full-length Play
  • Product Code B52000
  • Cast Size 22
  • Min. Royalty Rate $85/perf
  • Cost $9.95
  • Approx. Run Time 90 min

Categories

  • Target Audience High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults | Praise Groups
  • Performing Group High School | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA | Touring Group | Praise Group | Dinner Theatre
  • Genre Drama | Tragedy
  • ISBN(13) 9780871299406
* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.