Passion Play (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter Nichols
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Marriage, Betrayal, 1980’s, England or English people, Adultery, London, Middle age, Christmas
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
James Croxley, age fifty, a restorer of damaged paintings. He has been married to Eleanor for twenty-five years and is the father of their two daughters, now grown and not living with the Croxleys. Restoring modern religious paintings in a studio in his home, he has been enjoying a settled life. Unsuspectingly, he is seduced into a liaison by Kate. The passion long gone from his ritual sex with Eleanor and gone as well from his work, he sacrifices the marital and cultural civility into which his and Eleanor’s life has matured for his passion for Kate. The...
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