We were a small group for our play reading in June. We read a short one act play called “A Pound of Flesh”. Given the name, we assumed that it would be a tale of revenge based on Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”, perhaps with an element of humour. We were so wrong!
This was the story of a family with the mature aged mother concerned that she had put on weight and her husband no longer found her attractive. While she was busy with help from her daughter finding someone to help her lose weight via pills and exercise, her mother was sure that she was being duped by spies, and her husband was busy finding some supplements to help her increase her weight as he thought her too thin – a “pound of extra flesh” was required.
A fun and short play for our June class.
Jenny McKenna
This was the story of a family with the mature aged mother concerned that she had put on weight and her husband no longer found her attractive. While she was busy with help from her daughter finding someone to help her lose weight via pills and exercise, her mother was sure that she was being duped by spies, and her husband was busy finding some supplements to help her increase her weight as he thought her too thin – a “pound of extra flesh” was required.
A fun and short play for our June class.
Jenny McKenna
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