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Title: Three Tall Women
Author(s): Edward Albee
Licensing Agent: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Genre: Drama
Length: Full Length
Male Roles: 1
Female Roles: 3
Extras: 0

Description: In Act One, a young lawyer, "C," has been sent to the home of a client, a ninety-two-year-old woman, "A," to sort out her finances. "A," frail, perhaps a bit senile, resists and is of no help to "C." Along with "B," the old woman's matronly paid companion/caretaker, "C" tries to convince "A" that she must concentrate on the matters at hand. In "A's" beautifully appointed bedroom, she prods, discusses and bickers with "B" and "C," her captives. "A's" long life is laid out for display, no holds barred. She cascades from regal and charming to vicious and wretched as she wonders about and remembers her life: her husband and their cold, passionless marriage; her son and their estrangement. How did she become this? Who is she? Finally, when recounting her most painful memory, she suffers a stroke. In Act Two, "A's" comatose body lies in bed as "B" and "C" observe no changes in her condition. In a startling coup-de-theatre, "A" enters, very much alive and quite lucid. The three women are now the stages of "A's" life

Character Gender Role Size Min Age Max Age Description
A F Lead 70 90 She is a very old woman in her 90s. She is thin, autocratic, proud, and wealthy. She also has a mild case of Alzheimer's disease.
B F Lead 45 60 B is A's 52 year-old version, to whom she is the hired caretaker. She is markedly cynical about life. Although she doesn't enjoy working for A, she learns much from her.
C F Lead 20 30 C is B's 26 year-old version. She is present on behalf of a A's law firm because A has neglected paperwork, payment, and such. She has all of youth's common self-assurance.

Theatre Name Season or Year More Details!
Artists' Cooperative Theatre 2003 No Details
Ann Arbor Civic Theatre 1999 No Details
Theatre Name Season or Year More Details!
Actors' Theatre of Grand Rapids 1997 No Details

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