The Family Reunion

Family Reunion, The

    Author: T. S. Eliot

    First Performance: 1939, London

    Published: 1939

    Genre: Drama in 2 acts; free verse

    Setting: Drawing room and library of the Monchenseys' home, north of England, 1930s

    Cast: 7m, 5f, chorus (f)

Amy, Dowager Lady Monchensey, a widow, presides over the family home of Wishwood, and has kept the estate unchanged for many years. With her to celebrate her birthday are her three younger sisters and her two brothers-in-law, who are awaiting the return after eight years of Amy's eldest son Harry. He has been travelling abroad, where his wife drowned a year previously, a death unmourned by the unforgiving Amy. Harry arrives, pursued by visions of the avenging Eumenides. He is racked with guilt over the death of his wife, although, when questioned, his manservant assures the family it...

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