Doubt, A Parable
by John Patrick Shanley /
2007 / English / PDF
15.1 MB Download
This outstanding play was the deserved winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for best drama. It is a short play with only four characters (a priest, an older nun, a younger nun and a married black female - it was made into an excellent movie in 2008).
The title references the thoughts and actions in the play a few different times. It is alluded to in Father Flynn's opening sermon, which takes place in 1964 a few short months after the Kennedy assassination. The second reference is to whether or not the reader (or audience member) believes in the older nun's suspicions or the Father's innocence.
The play moves very quickly. There are no wasted lines or dead scenes. The dialogue is fantastic. Despite the older nun's lack of charisma, the lines she utters are a mixture of horrifying, funny and on occasion, wise.
