Angels Fall (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lanford Wilson
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Plot: Problem play
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: New Mexico
- Principal Characters: Niles Harris, Vita Harris, Salvatore “Zappy” Zappala, Marion Clay, Don Tabaha, Father William Doherty
- Genres: Drama, Problem play
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Values, Religion, 1980’s, Southwest, Catholics or Catholic Church, Work or workers, Research, Nuclear accidents, Tennis
- Locales: New Mexico
The Play
Angels Fall, a play in two acts, is set inside a mission church on a New Mexico Indian reservation. As the play opens, Niles and Vita Harris have been rerouted at a highway roadblock. They enter the church, trying to escape the heat, and call Dr. Singer. Dr. Singer runs a mental institution, and the Harrises are on their way there to admit Niles. Don Tabaha appears and tersely informs them that the church is closed and that the telephone is for medical emergencies only. Marion Clay and Zappy Zappala then arrive; they were stopped at another roadblock on their...
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