About Fifth of July
FIFTH OF JULY by Lanford Wilson
This brilliant, enthralling play has been hailed as a major work by one of our theatre’s most important and celebrated writers. Alternately funny and moving, it deals with a group of former student activists and the changes that have been wrought in their lives and attitudes in the years since leaving college. This is the third part of the Talley Family Trilogy beginning with Talley’s Folly (presented in TAP’s 2014 season) and followed by Talley and Son.
“This is one of the most incredibly well-written, beautifully acted, profound and moving and often hilarious plays it has ever been my privilege to see in the American theater.” —NY Daily News.
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Act I: Early evening, July 4, 1977
Act II: The following morning
PLACE
The Talley farmhouse near Lebanon, Missouri
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Kenneth Talley, Jr., a Vietnam vet who had both his legs shot off seven years ago, 32
Jed Jenkins, Ken's lover, 25
June Talley, Ken's sister, 35
Shirley Talley, June's daughter, 14
John Landis, a childhood friend of the Talleys, 33
Gwen Landis, John's wife, 33
Weston Hurley, a composer friend of John and Gwen, 25
Sally Friedman, Ken and June's aunt, 64
Act II: The following morning
PLACE
The Talley farmhouse near Lebanon, Missouri
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Kenneth Talley, Jr., a Vietnam vet who had both his legs shot off seven years ago, 32
Jed Jenkins, Ken's lover, 25
June Talley, Ken's sister, 35
Shirley Talley, June's daughter, 14
John Landis, a childhood friend of the Talleys, 33
Gwen Landis, John's wife, 33
Weston Hurley, a composer friend of John and Gwen, 25
Sally Friedman, Ken and June's aunt, 64