''The Stonemason'' is a
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in five acts by
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writer
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr., July 20, 1933) is an American writer who has written twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays and three short stories, spanning the Western and post-apocalyptic genres. He is known for his g ...
, written in the late 1980s and first performed in 1995. It concerns a Southern black family based on one McCarthy spent many months working with. The play is rarely produced.
Synopsis
This play focuses on the tribulations of the Telfair family over a three-year period. The story is told by monologues of the character Ben Telfair, a thirty-two-year-old third-generation stonemason. Two acts are taken up to provide back-story which involves Ben's choice not to continue college and to take up the family business of stonemasonry.
Bibliography
* Arnold, Edwin T. "Cormac McCarthy's ''The Stonemason'': The Unmaking of a Play." ''Southern Quarterly'' 33 (Winter-Spring 1995).
* Josyph, Peter. "Older Professions: The Fourth Wall of ''The Stonemason''." Originally appeared, in different form, in ''Southern Quarterly'' 36 (Fall 1997). Reprinted in ''Myth, Legend, Dust: Critical Responses to Cormac McCarthy''. Edited by Rick Wallach. 119–140.
References
1995 plays
Plays by Cormac McCarthy
Plays set in Louisville, Kentucky
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