Values, three one act plays
by john b. keane
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Three one-act plays by John B. Keane linked by the theme of values:
“The Spraying of John Darcy” – a not so funny satire of environmentalists set in the future when humans are put to death for damaging the environment. The message, environmentalists think human life is less-important than plants and animals. Weak.
“Backwater” – a man returns to his hometown to visit his mother after many years neglect. He brings two friends from London. The older one falls in love with the mother and chooses to stay. The values here are appreciating your family and home, which is sometimes easier for outsiders.
“The Pure of Heart” – this is the one I bought the book for since Pa performed in this play. Two men meet on the roadside one show more coming from an extramarital encounter, the other proclaiming it to be a sin. The first man tries to cajole the second into visiting another married woman for amorous shenanigans. When a tramp overhears this and tries to visit the woman they kill him. The value questioned here is why infidelity is thought more sinful than murder. show less
“The Spraying of John Darcy” – a not so funny satire of environmentalists set in the future when humans are put to death for damaging the environment. The message, environmentalists think human life is less-important than plants and animals. Weak.
“Backwater” – a man returns to his hometown to visit his mother after many years neglect. He brings two friends from London. The older one falls in love with the mother and chooses to stay. The values here are appreciating your family and home, which is sometimes easier for outsiders.
“The Pure of Heart” – this is the one I bought the book for since Pa performed in this play. Two men meet on the roadside one show more coming from an extramarital encounter, the other proclaiming it to be a sin. The first man tries to cajole the second into visiting another married woman for amorous shenanigans. When a tramp overhears this and tries to visit the woman they kill him. The value questioned here is why infidelity is thought more sinful than murder. show less
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John B. Keane was born in Ireland on July 21, 1928. He attended St. Michael's College, Listowel. By 1945, he was apprenticed to a chemist in Listowel. He eventually took over a small public house and began to write. During his lifetime, he published 46 works including Sive, The Field, Big Maggie, The Streets and Other Poems, Sharon's Grave, show more Letters of a Matchmaker, Hut 42, Moll, and Durango. In 1999 he won the first Irish PEN Award for Literature. Keane died from prostate cancer on May 30, 2002 at the age of 73. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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