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- Summaries Lonnie Walker finds work as a mourner for hire, standing in at funerals for the recently deceased who have trouble filling out the pews. While at the funeral for a grandmother, Florie, he is confronted by the local priest, Jared, who questions whether his job is a moral one.
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Nov 7, 1997 · “The Designated Mourner” is about a society that does not like readers, and most of its words are spoken by a survivor who stands a little outside and looks wryly at what happened to the members of his circle. He chuckles sometimes at the entire foundation of his idea of himself.
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The Designated Mourner: Directed by David Hare. With Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, David de Keyser. Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judys father.
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- Drama
- David Hare
- 1997-05-23
Synopsis. The story is told in a series of monologues, shifting from one character to the next. The tone of the piece is conversational and direct, giving the audience the feel that they are listening to these characters at a dinner party.
The Designated Mourner is a play written by Wallace Shawn in 1996, which was adapted into a film and was directed by David Hare in 1997. The film, which follows the play's script closely, is based on the original London stage production directed by Hare and has the same cast: Mike Nichols as Jack, Miranda Richardson as Judy, and David de Keyser ...
In a dystopian society where intellectuals are executed by the repressive, pseudo-fascist government, Jack (Mike Nichols) has relinquished his culture and curiosity, while his wife, Judy (Miranda...
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- David Hare
- R
- Drama
"The Designated Mourner is the latest self-lacerating reflection by Shawn, who has devoted his playwriting career to puncturing his own and his friends' comfortably pompous ideas of...
By the time Parker comes face to face with the 16-inch-tall alabaster figurine called The Mourner, he knows that stealing it for a rich man and his beautiful, amoral daughter is the least of his worries.
