The Liddy Plays

This collection includes four interrelated short plays: LIDDY AND THE MAD HATTER, REUNION AT THE FIN DE SIECLE, SELF-RELIANCE, and WINTER WITH TAMBOURINE BOY. THE LIDDY PLAYS follow Liddy and Emerson, an enigmatic brother and sister, as they confront the death of their mother, fall in love with dangerous people, learn to meditate, and remember the past.

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