The Woolgatherer
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The Woolgatherer is a play
by William Mastrosimone
. It originally premiered at the Theatre at Rutgers University
in 1979. It was printed in 1981.
The play is William Mastrosimone's first play.
It has been produced a number of times and has won awards, including the L.A. Drama Critics Award in 1982.
. It centers around Rose and Cliff, two neurotic people searching for love. Rose is a nervous and flighty woman who is haunted by the past and obsessed with destruction. She works at a five-and-dime behind the candy counter. She dreams of true love and how she'll meet a man one day who is perfect for her.
Cliff is a foul-mouthed, wise-cracking transcontinental truck driver who gets stuck in when his truck breaks down. While he is waiting for his rig to be repaired, he wanders into Rose's store looking for a one-night stand. Rose then invites him over to her apartment and they start to argue about issues like her neighbor and her boarded up window. He soon finds out about her weird collection of men's sweaters.
Despite their differences, the two characters end up falling in love at the end of the play.
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
by William Mastrosimone
William Mastrosimone
William Mastrosimone is an American playwright and screenwriter from Trenton, New Jersey. He attended high school at The Pennington School and received a graduate degree in playwrighting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, a part of Rutgers University....
. It originally premiered at the Theatre at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
in 1979. It was printed in 1981.
The play is William Mastrosimone's first play.
It has been produced a number of times and has won awards, including the L.A. Drama Critics Award in 1982.
Plot
It is a two act play, set entirely in a small apartment in South PhiladelphiaSouth Philadelphia
South Philadelphia, nicknamed South Philly, is the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south, and the Schuylkill River to the west.-History:...
. It centers around Rose and Cliff, two neurotic people searching for love. Rose is a nervous and flighty woman who is haunted by the past and obsessed with destruction. She works at a five-and-dime behind the candy counter. She dreams of true love and how she'll meet a man one day who is perfect for her.
Cliff is a foul-mouthed, wise-cracking transcontinental truck driver who gets stuck in when his truck breaks down. While he is waiting for his rig to be repaired, he wanders into Rose's store looking for a one-night stand. Rose then invites him over to her apartment and they start to argue about issues like her neighbor and her boarded up window. He soon finds out about her weird collection of men's sweaters.
Despite their differences, the two characters end up falling in love at the end of the play.