Calm Down Mother (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Megan Terry
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Feminist
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: New York City
- Genres: Drama, One-act play
- Subjects: 1960’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Gender roles, New York City, Prostitution or prostitutes, Friendship, Feminism, Women’s issues, Women, Old age or elderly people
- Locales: New York, NY
Characters Discussed
Woman One,
Woman Two, and
Woman Three, who are on stage as the play begins, clustered together to suggest a plant form while a voiceover tape talks about one-celled creatures floating in the sea. Woman One says she is Margaret Fuller, the noted nineteenth century feminist, and that she accepts the universe. The other two women in unison reply that, as the nineteenth century philosopher Thomas Carlyle said, you had better accept, for life must live while it can. In a later scene, Woman One is angry; she and Woman Two beat Woman Three. They...
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