Synopsis
Lawrence & Holloman
Published by Talon Books
2 Male 0 Female
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 gives 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
Although apoplectic laughter and the blackest attacks of melancholia are common audience responses to Lawrence & Holloman, no one has yet died laughing during a performance of one of Panych's plays
"The dramatic universe of ... Morris Panych is an exquisitely well ordered place. Genuinely funny ... smart ... carefully crafted ... and neatly delivered" ~ Kate Taylor, Globe & Mail