Singapore

by  Palmer, John

Published: 2000

Acts: 2

Language:

Category: Drama

Acts: 2
Male Roles: 5
Female Roles: 2
Flexible Roles: 0
Has Chorus/Extras: No

Synopsis

At the centre of the drama there is Sam, the middle-aging gay man forced to put aside his own neuroses to reconcile himself with his estranged father Felix. Sam's confusion is compounded at every turn: obsessively pursued by the desperate old roue, Roberto, while he himself pursues a fantasy with the straight, erstwhile jocko tennis instructor Bucky Wilson. Sam is further wedged between the addictive scheming of Felix's bride-to-be Marjorie, and the vengeful counterplotting of his long-jilted mother Gloria. On one hand, Singapore represents the well-mined family play, a journey of reconciliation between a son and his estranged father. On the flipside, the play is a wild, outrageous comedy.