"Lawrence and Holloman, a hapless nerd and a loquacious salesman, meet by chance. From this fleetingly irritating and insignificant encounter, the viciously murderous and incredulously bizarre plot emerges into the full-blown twilight of what appear to be their insignificant and meaningless lives. And it is this very absence of significance and meaning in the lives of the characters which produces both the mindless evil and the greeting-card redemption that give them their shape. This is a universe in which Camus meets Dali, where Goya meets Disney, where gunshots and bathtub drownings, disillusion and dismemberment become the Seventh Seal of the Grey Flannel set." - from the publisher
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12 scenes total
1998, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto
1998
Talonbooks
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Some further description of the play, if needed: https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Lawrence%20%26%20Holloman. Was adapted into a motion picture in 2013
Some further description of the play, if needed: https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Lawrence%20%26%20Holloman. Was adapted into a motion picture in 2013
Stylized
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Realistic
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