The last of the Haussmans
By: Stephen Beresford
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Families; Drama
Description: The play is set in and around the Haussman family home, a 1930s art deco property on the South Devon coast, now in a state of virtual dereliction. Judy Haussman, an incorrigible hippy - still anarchic and feisty, but growing old - holds court in outrageous fashion. After an operation, she's joined by her resentful daughter, Libby, and younger gay son, Nick, an ex-junkie. Also there is Judy's sharp-eyed granddaughter, Summer; a local doctor, Peter; and a troubled teenager, Daniel, who makes use of the family's crumbling swimming pool. Over a few sweltering months they alternately cling to and flee a chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure.
Notes: Previously issued in print: London: Nick Hern Books, 2012.