A troupe of actors is brought together by a director in a stange house, under the pretext of putting on a play. But each of them is led to embody their own role in life: alcoholic, depressed, homosexual ... In front of which perverse spectators from the future do they thus expose the image of their weaknesses?
Une troupe d'acteurs est réunie par un metteur en scène dans une étrange demeure, sous prétexte de monter une pièce de théâtre. Mais chacun d'eux est amené à incarner son propre rôle dans la vie : alcoolique, dépressif, homosexuel... Devant quels spectateurs pervers venus du futur exposent-ils ainsi l'image de leurs faiblesses ?
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are like new. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- Until he became an alcoholic, Murray Douglas was one of Britain's leading actors. Now, after treatment, he's ready to resume his career, but his first come-back part isn't exactly what he thought it would be. The idea was to create an avant-garde play where the actors made up the script as they rehearsed. Unusual but hardly frightening. What was frightening was the rest of the cast. Like Murray, they all had some kind of craving. And each of them was given access to whatever had addicted them. It was doubtful if the play would ever entertain the public. But it seemed to entertain the director . . . Seller Inventory # 27315
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