Benefactors (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael Frayn
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Plot: Problem play
- Time of Work: The 1970’s and the 1980’s
- Setting: London and the Kitzingers’ kitchen
- Principal Characters: David Kitzinger, Jane Kitzinger, Colin Molyneux, Sheila Molyneux
- Genres: Drama, Problem play
- Subjects: Values, 1970’s, Journalism or journalists, Protests or demonstrations, Marriage, Social work, 1980’s, England or English people, City life, Loyalty, London, Anthropology or anthropologists, Urban renewal, Architecture or architects
- Locales: London, England
The Play
As Benefactors begins, Jane relates her memory of the day some fifteen years before when David came home early, bursting with the news that he had just been awarded the architectural contract for an urban housing project in South London. Jane’s recollection is not enthusiastic, for she remembers all the problems that project brought them. David is also onstage, but unaware of the Jane that the audience is seeing. He is instead acting out the long-past day that she is talking about. Their lines overlap, quickly establishing that the play’s action will unfold...
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