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The orphans' home cycle. by Horton Foote.
- Title
- The orphans' home cycle. Part one, The story of a childhood / by Horton Foote.
- Author
- Foote, Horton
- Publication
- New York : Dramatists Play Service, Inc., [2013]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PS3511.O344 O771 2013 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 92 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- "Act One: 'Roots in a Parched Ground.' When his father dies and his mother and sister move to Houston, Horace Robedaux is left behind in Harrison, Texas with his feuding relatives, the Robedauxs and the Thorntons. Act Two: 'Convicts.' Horace takes a job on Soll Gautier's plantation in order to earn money to buy a tombstone for his father's grave and while there witnesses the harsh treatment of Gautier's convict laborers. Act Three: 'Lily Dale.' Horace makes a rare visit to Houston to see his mother, Corella, and sister, Lily Dale. As Horace's presence stirs up difficult memories for his mother and sister, Corella strives to maintain harmony between her children and their stepfather, Pete Davenport."--Page 4 of cover
- Series Statement
- The orphans' home cycle ; 1
- Uniform Title
- Orphans' home cycle ; 1.
- Alternative Title
- Story of a childhood
- Roots in a parched ground.
- Convicts.
- Lily Dale.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Drama
- Note
- 14 men, 8 women (doubling).
- Includes director's note by Michael Wilson.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue -- Act I: Roots in a parched ground -- Act II: Convicts -- Act III: Lily Dale -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9780822224754
- 0822224755
- OCLC
- 851034793
- SCSB-10968420
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library