Morning’s at Seven (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Osborn
- First Published: 1940
- Type of Plot: Comedy; realism
- Time of Work: 1939
- Setting: Two backyards in an American town
- Principal Characters: Theodore “Thor” Swanson, Cora Swanson, Aaronetta “Arry” Gibbs, Ida Bolton, Carl Bolton, Homer Bolton, Myrtle Brown, Esther “Esty” Crampton, David Crampton
- Genres: Realism, Domestic realism, Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Family or family life, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Midwest, Yards or backyards, 1930’s, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Sisters, Home, Houses, mansions, or manors, Nostalgia, Aging
- Locales: United States
The Play
This three-act play is set in a Midwest American town during the 1930’s. The plot centers on the long relationship of four elderly Gibbs sisters and the secrets that remain unspoken in order not to disturb the tranquillity of their family. The younger sisters Cora, Arry, and Ida have lived next door to one another for fifty years. The oldest sister, Esther, who is nearly seventy, lives only one and a half blocks away. However, the sedentary lives of the sisters and their quirky husbands are disrupted when Homer Bolton, son of Ida and Carl, decides to bring home his...
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