In Room Five Hundred and Four

by  Chinn, Jimmie

Published: 1988

Acts: 1

Language:

Category: Drama

Acts: 1
Male Roles: 2
Female Roles: 2
Flexible Roles: 0
Has Chorus/Extras: No

Synopsis

Sitting in a seedy seaside boarding house room, Older Edie reminisces over the past. Out of her memory step a younger Edie and Harry on their wedding day in February 1942. Together, the young couple discover life's big truths in the span of one night; the day after, Harry will leave for the front, never to return. The uncertainties of their relationship mirror the wider unpredictability and turmoil of the 40s - producing a finely-balanced portrait of that period. Simple staging in two acting areas allows us to travel through time as we become deeply involved with the touching tale of Older Edie.