We Are Not These Hands

by Sheila Callaghan

Comedy / 1m, 2f / Simple Set Ever since their school blew up, Moth and Belly have taken to stalking an illegal internet café in the hopes o/ f one day being allowed in. They take particular interest in Leather, a skittish older man doing research in the café. Leather is a self-proclaimed "freelance scholar" from a foreign land with a sketchy past and a sticky secret. Leather begins to fall head over heals in love with Moth... but what about Belly? This play explores the effects of rampant ca

Genres: Plays

74 pages, Paperback

First published June 10, 2010

Reviews

[alyssa · Rating 3 out of 5]

“We Are Not These Hands” by Sheila Callaghan is a strange, interesting play! Its three characters are intriguing and complicated, and the broken way they speak is fitting of their dystopian world and the capitalist world across the way... Definitely a play I need to read again, definitely one I’d love to see live, and definitely one I’d love to perform in one day!

[Angie Rita · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just couldn't get into this one. I couldn't get a grasp on the world of this play, and the characters' language grew irksome.