Reckless (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Craig Lucas
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Plot: Dark comedy; satire
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: A series of towns throughout the United States, each called Springfield
- Principal Characters: Rachel, Tom, Lloyd, Pooty, Roy, Trish, Doctors One through Six, Tim Tinko, Talk Show Host, Dr. Helen Carrell, Tom Junior, Masked assassin
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Dark comedy
- Subjects: Family or family life, Husbands, Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Death or dying, Assassination, Truthfulness and falsehood, Holidays, Identity, Abandonment, Christmas
- Locales: United States
The Play
The play begins on a snowy Christmas Eve. Rachel is having a “euphoria attack” as she looks out her bedroom window and anticipates the happiness that Christmas Day will bring to her family. She remembers thinking that as a child she “wanted to live in Alaska because it always snowed and Santa was up there, so it must always be Christmas.” Her husband, Tom, is in bed watching television with the sound turned off and seems preoccupied and conflicted. Suddenly, in a fit of conscience, Tom tells his wife that he has taken a contract out on her life and that a...
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