Painting Churches (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tina Howe
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The early 1980’s
- Setting: A townhouse in Beacon Hill, Boston
- Principal Characters: Fanny Sedgwick Church, Gardner Church, Margaret “Mags” Church
- Genres: Bildungsroman, Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Art or artists, Fathers, Death or dying, Painting or painters, Old age or elderly people, Aging, Hunger, Eating customs
- Locales: Boston, MA
The Play
As the play begins, Fanny and Gardner Church have sold their Boston town house and will move in a week to their much smaller cottage on Cape Cod. Their daughter Mags, whose arrival from New York they eagerly await, plans to paint their portrait and help them pack. When she arrives she tells them about her success as an artist. Although they express their delight, they do so with their mouths full of crackers, and they continue to be absorbed in eating crackers as Mags goes on about her success. Later Mags is dismissive when Fanny tells her how impossible Gardner is...
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