Carson McCullers, Ruby Dee, Jena Malone

The Member of the Wedding

Audio CD (L.A. Theatre Works Dec. 10, 2001) , Unabridged edition
Outspoken tomboy Frankie befriends the family s maid in one of the most beautiful plays ever written about loneliness and love.
Tall, awkward, and lonely, Frankie Addams has a vivid imagination but no friends. Even her father calls her a great big long-legged 12-year-old blunderbuss, and the friendless girl spends most of her time in the kitchen, pouring out her heart to Berenice, the gentle and wise family cook and housekeeper. Frankie< >s jealousy of her brother< >s impending marriage, and her curious belief that she must accompany him and his bride on their honeymoon in order to belong, drives her to strange measures. She devises a desperate plan, reinventing herself as the seemingly sophisticated F. Jasmine, a gawky beauty in a pink dress who looks closer to 16 than 12. But she's ill prepared for what follows from this troubling game of make-believe. Carson McCullers captures the universal in the particular in this sensitive, nuanced portrayal of one girl's struggle into adulthood.
A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: June Angela, John Cothran Jr., Ruby Dee, Daniel Henson, Victor Mack, Jena Malone, Lawrence Pressman, Jacquelyn Riggs and Tegan West.
Series
Audio Theatre Collection
ISBN
158081221X / 9781580812214
Weight
7.0 oz.
Dimensions
6.3 x 1.0 in.

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