A Severed Head (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Murdoch, J. B. Priestley
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The early 1960’s
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Martin Lynch-Gibbon, Georgie Hands, Antonia, Palmer Anderson, Rosemary, Alexander, Honor Klein
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, Self-discovery, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Marriage, Betrayal, Friendship, Incest, Obsession, England or English people, Reality, Alcohol, Adultery, London, Naivete, Fog
- Locales: London, England
The Play
A Severed Head is a play in three acts, the first two of which contain seven scenes each; the shorter third act contains four scenes. The play opens in late December in Georgie Hands’s untidy bed-sitting-room near Covent Garden and moves back and forth between there, the sitting room of the Lynch-Gibbons’ house in Hereford Square, and Palmer Anderson’s house in Chester Square. The play is about the passionate entanglements between the Lynch-Gibbon family and Palmer and his half sister Honor Klein. Georgie is involved with both families.
Georgie’s...
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Iris Murdoch (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Iris Murdoch (Long Fiction)Iris Murdoch (Philosophy)J. B. Priestley (Cyclopedia of World Authors)J. B. Priestley (Drama)J. B. Priestley (Long Fiction)J. B. Priestley (Mystery and Detective Fiction)
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