Talley’s Folly (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lanford Wilson
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: July 4, 1944
- Setting: Lebanon, Missouri
- Principal Characters: Matt Friedman, Sally Talley
- Genres: Social realism, Domestic realism, Family literature, Drama, Comedy, War drama
- Subjects: Values, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Tradition, Love or romance, 1940’s, Midwest, Individuality, War, Missouri, Accountants or accounting
- Locales: Missouri, Lebanon, MO
The Play
The set consists of an elaborate Victorian boathouse, now gone to ruin, containing a latticework crammed with long-unused fishing equipment. Matt Friedman, forty-two, an accountant from St. Louis, enters and begins to address the audience. Although he mentions that a year ago he visited Sally Talley and spent some time at this very spot, he appears to be more interested in telling the audience that because he is not a “romantic type” of character, the technical elements of theater (lighting, sound, and set) along with the assistance of the audience are required to...
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