num_pages: 72
description: A play for two males. Is the night before Pres. Nixon is to announce his resignation, and he has summoned Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to the Lincoln Sitting Room. Kissinger arrives, expecting to find his President ready to resign. But Nixon is in the process of wrestling with that very decision. Unstable, nostalgic, garrulous and paranoid, Nixon leads his Secretary of State on a journey through the high moments of his administration and Nixon's past. The journey borders on the surreal as Nixon pressures Kissinger into re-enacting crucial Kissinger plays Nixon, Nixon plays Brezhnev, Kissinger plays Kennedy and Mao - the scenarios become dizzying. Meanwhile, Kissinger is subtly working to convince Nixon to step down so that he can pursue his geopolitical goals - and his own quest for historical glory - unencumbered by a weakened President. Nixon, however, can't face the lonely aftermath of such a decision; he envisions himself "wandering some hellish golf course, waiting t
language: English
title: Nixon's Nixon
titlecomplete: Nixon's Nixon
genres: Plays, Theatre, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.