Synopsis

The Curse of an Aching Heart

$10.99

William Alfred & Claibe Richardson

Published by Samuel French Inc

9 Male 3 Female

This poignant play takes place in an Irish Catholic lower middle class Brooklyn neighborhood between 1923 and 1942

When orphaned Fran has to fend off a passionate overture from the uncle who is raising her, she moves out and goes to work. Light hearted, nostalgic scenes of Brooklyn follow

Fran marries a handsome fellow and eventually finds herself supporting a son and a heavy drinking, improvident husband. She returns to the old neighborhood and reconciles with her now widowed, destitute uncle who is confined to a wheelchair

"An extraordinarily sweet play ... crammed with careful observation,... vignettes of reality, goblets of truth,... and the portrait of a lady as a survivor" ~ N.Y. Post

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