Father of War, Son of Peace

Albert Sumac, an aspiring playwright, rebels against his military father. He believes that if modern man is to regain his lost nobility, he must return to the romantic spirituality which equates the love of a woman with the love of nature. Kathleen Brennan appears to personify this. He refers to her as Lady of My Lake, my Guinevere. But what happens when this love is unrequited? With imaginary mystical interludes and romantic epiphanies he seeks to escape the predatory spirit of his father’s bayonet. It is through Kathleen that is relationship with his father takes an unusual turn.