Tiny Alice (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Albee
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Plot: Absurdist
- Time of Work: The twentieth century
- Setting: United States
- Principal Characters: Lawyer, Cardinal, Julian, Butler, Miss Alice
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Absurdist literature
- Subjects: Values, 1960’s, United States or Americans, Sex or sexuality, Self, God, Spiritual life or spirituality, Reality, Death or dying, Hallucinations or illusions, Catholics or Catholic Church, Cardinals
- Locales: United States
The Play
Tiny Alice opens in the Cardinal’s outside garden. Although the Lawyer wishes to discuss business, the Cardinal insists upon recalling their school days, through which the characters establish their mutual antagonism. At the Cardinal’s prompting, the Lawyer reveals that his employer, Miss Alice, wishes to give the Church $100 million immediately and the identical sum annually for two decades; the Cardinal’s private secretary, Brother Julian, is to finalize the details. The Cardinal agrees to the terms, and the Lawyer exits. The first scene ends with the...
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