The House of Blue Leaves (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Guare
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: October 4, 1965
- Setting: Sunnyside, Queens, New York City
- Principal Characters: Artie Shaughnessy, Bananas, Ronnie, Bunny Flingus, Billy Einhorn, Corinna Stroller
- Genres: Drama, Absurdist literature, Comedy
- Subjects: 1960’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Murder or homicide, New York City, Marriage, Religion, Mental illness, Adultery, Fame, Success or failure, Songs or songwriters
- Locales: Queens, NY
The Story:
Zookeeper and would-be songwriter Artie Shaughnessy played and sang to unreceptive, jeering patrons of El Dorado Bar on amateur night. Afterward, in his cluttered apartment in Sunnyside, Queens, he slept on the living-room couch, dreaming aloud that his son Ronnie had come to New York as pope. Meanwhile, Ronnie, dressed in Army fatigues, had surreptitiously climbed through the unlocked window into his old bedroom. Artie’s dream was interrupted by the arrival of his neighbor and lover, Bunny Flingus, who excitedly admonished him to get dressed so they could attend...
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