Persephone, or, Slow time
By: by Noah Haidle
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
ISBN-13: 9780822223740
Subjects: Drama; Sculptors; Persephone (Greek deity); Demeter (Greek deity); Renaissance Sculpture
Other titles: Slow time
Description: "Meet Demeter, an exquisite statue of the Greek goddess, as she's being created during the Italian Renaissance. Those who admire her see only stone and fortitude, but her thoughts and desires are all too real; she pines for her lost daughter's return and for the love of her sculptor, Giuseppe. Giuseppe, however, is too busy lusting after the city's most popular artist's model to notice Demeter's pain. Fast forward five hundred years: Demeter stands in a present-day American city park. She has become a symbol of hope amidst illicit activity and a target for more than just pigeon droppings.  Witness to human foibles both hilarious and horrible, Demeter is desperate for someone--anyone--to hear her thoughts. And when her life seems bleakest, redemption comes in the unlikeliest of forms"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: A play for 2 men and 2 women.