Synopsis
Reclining Figure
Published by Dramatists Play Service
8 Male 1 Female
He runs him afoul of a high-pressure dealer who is given to crying like a baby when parting with his treasures, a hard-drinking 'restorer' with a talent for forgery and a soft-headed young salesman with high ideals and, unfortunately, a hot property on his hands
The chicanery pyramids with an easy logic, throats are cut with casual charm," and the intrigue mounts delightfully as romance and art mix to everyone's satisfaction" (As told by Kerr in the New York Herald-Tribune)
A satire on art collectors and dealers, the play is written with " a flair for epigram" - NY Journal-American
" a funny comedyrefreshing" - NY Times
The NY Post called the author " one of the great hilarious wits of his time"