EMANUELE VACCHETTO
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Plays by Emanuele Vacchetto
Last Night of Salome, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||
| Company: | Istituto di Studi dello Spettacolo-Teatro Studio | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | black comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: It's way past closing time in a dirty, rundown bar owned by Daisy, an irritable, middle-aged woman whose only amusement that evening has been insulting a stone drunk man--her husband--who has passed out at a table. Outside, it's pouring rain. A glamorous woman enters in a distracted state of mind. She turns out to be the celebrated actress Veronica Lopez, famous for her roles as the femme fatale, especially Salome in Oscar Wilde's play of the same name. By force of her star's personality, plus some cocaine and a shared bottle of booze, Veronica slyly insinuates herself into Daisy's confidence. The two women bond over their shared disappointment with their deadbeat husbands--Daisy's is an alcoholic barkeep; Veronica's is a famous film director. It is all brazenly played out within earshot of Daisy's semi-conscious mate, and we get a fiery picture of the contrasting temperaments of two women who've been wronged. Daisy, who was never able to pursue her dream of being an actress, re-enacts a monologue she once performed at her Dad's lodge. Veronica enacts bits of her recent performance as Salome. Ultimately, we learn that life imitates art in this actress | ||||
