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Patience (play)
''Patience'' is a play written and published in 1998 by Jason Sherman (Doollie.com). It is about Reuben, who one day loses everything. The play follows a path similar to David Mamet's play ''Edmond''. It traces a psychological journey through Reuben's head while he tries to figure out how everything happened. The play was written at a time when the story would hit home for a lot of middle-aged, middle-class men. Play Synopsis Act 1 The play opens with the lead character, Reuben, playing squash with Peter, a business partner. They get into an argument which causes Reuben to go to dinner by himself. At dinner an old friend named Paul comes into the restaurant and strikes up a conversation. Paul asks what Reuben would do if he lost everything, a question Reuben does not understand. Paul asks, “Do you have everything you need and do you need everything you have?” Reuben, who is still confused by the conversation, heads home. His wife, Donna, confronts him about love letters betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Sherman
Jason Sherman (born July 28, 1962 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. After graduating from the creative writing program at York University in 1985, Sherman co-founded What Publishing with Kevin Connolly, which produced ''what'', a literary magazine that he edited from 1985 to 1990. Before establishing himself as a dramatist, Sherman's journalistic works such as reviews, essays, and interviews appeared in various publications, including ''The Globe and Mail'', ''Canadian Theatre Review'' and '' Theatrum''. He edited two anthologies for Coach House Press, ''Canadian Brash'' (1991) and ''Solo'' (1993), and was playwright-in-residence at Tarragon Theatre from 1992 to 1999. Sherman's first professional productions were ''A Place Like Pamela'' (1991) and ''To Cry is Not So'' (1991), followed by ''The League of Nathans'' (1992, published in book form in 1996), which won a Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award (1993), and was nominated for the Governor Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |