I love you, I love you not

by Wendy Kesselman

Drama / 2f / Interior / Like Ms. Kesselman's Maggie Magalita , this piece deals with a young woman's coming to terms with her ethnic heritage in this case, her Jewishness. Daisy is visiting her grandmother in the country. Daisy is neurotic and unhappy in her home life and is on the verge of a troubled adolescence. Her grandmother offers her an emotional anchor and she teaches her about being an adult by offering gentle advice, good books, and good cooking and by telling Daisy of her life at Daisy's age when she was in Auschwitz where she lost her two sisters.

61 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is an odd play that is either very well written because of the highs and lows that the two character exhibit throughout its course, or broad brushed and stereotypical because of the nature of the characters. I think that this play, done well, with proper research and development of the characters' inner lives, would be outstanding. It could also go horribly wrong if taken for face value.