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Time Alone
Full title: | Time Alone |
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ISBN: | 9780881458237 |
ISBN 10: | 0881458236 |
Authors: | Camon, Alessandro |
Publisher: | Broadway Play Publishing, Incorporated |
Num. pages: | 74 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2019 |
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Synopsis
Alessandro Camon's Two-hander Transpires In Overlapping Monologues Between Anna Jackson, A Traumatized Shut-in Whose Police Officer Son Was Killed In The Line Of Duty, And Gabriel Wayland, A Prison Inmate In Solitary Confinement. The Characters--both Sympathetic, Both Impassioned--hold Forth About Their Radically Different Views On The Nature Of Time, Regret And The Criminal Justice System. Gabriel Speaks From His Cell, Anna From The Prison-like Home. ...his Drama Comes Full Circle In A Beautifully Realized Denouement That Emphasizes Not Only Our Human Need For Connection, But Our Innate And Sometimes Surprising Capacity For Forgiveness. F Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times I Was Riveted...sharp Writing And Observations... In Their Haunted Isolation, For All Their Differences, Victim And Perpetrator Both Experience Time As A Tool Of Torture. And Then, In A Twist I Can't Give Away, They Discover A Connection That Carries With It A Hint Of Redemption. Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times Stunning... Poetic Writing... An Inspired Two-hander That Casts A Jaundiced Eye On The Criminal Justice And Prison Systems... Camon Employs The Same Grim Nuance That Was So Successful In His Oscar-nominated Screenplay For The Messenger... His Familiarity With The Subject Brings Immediacy As Well As Emotional And Psychological Veracity To His Writing. The Hollywood Reporter