Synopsis
Song from Far Away
$15.99 Simon Stephens from Mark Eitzel
Published by Methuen
1 Male 0 Female
"I drank three glasses of scotch and ginger ale before we'd even cleared Coney Island. I didn't want to come home. It was then that I decided to write you these letters"
On a crisp winter day in New York, Willem gets the call
It's Mum
Pauli's died
Come back to Amsterdam
An unforgettable homecoming to an estranged family, a lost love, unsettling sex and an unexamined life
This haunting monologue is one of Stephens's most poetic plays
REVIEWS
"An unexpected return to naturalism for Simon Stephens in this frail, gorgeous monologue" ~ Time Out
" ... one of the saddest plays I have ever seen ... offset by mournfully funny moments" ~ Observer