Synopsis

My Life

My Life $13

Corinne Jacker

Published by Dramatists Play Service

5 Male 4 Female

An eloquent and affecting memory play, in which a young man "travels in time" from his adulthood back to his adolescence, seeking the clues which will let him know at last who and what he truly is

It poses a fascinating set of questions - why do we become what we are? And if we were able to go back in time, and deal with unanswered questions, would we really know any more about ourselves?

Edward Howe, a young physicist whose life has reached a point of stasis, endeavors to discover his true self by recreating the people and events of his past: his parents; himself when younger; his first love; and the grandfather he hardly knew

As the play progresses the people of his fantasy, made real, coexist-exist with those of his present life - his parents grown older; and the girl with whom he is now involved; until a mosaic of mingled actions begins to form

But while the orchestration of his emotional rebirth expands Eddie's self-knowledge, it also teaches him that some scars never heal and that, although he may come to understand the past, he can never undo its power to influence the present, and the future, be it for good or ill

. "Jacker's gift for prose that coruscates on the ear, that seems at the same time perfectly natural and wittily turned" - Village Voice

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