The Cordelia Dream

"An old man, his life coming to a close. A woman, refusing to deal with his ghost, makes her 'dark pilgrimage' to his door. They argue the language of love and loss and replay the battle between them, the 'ancient, eternal' bond of blood." "With its resonance of King Lear Marina Carr's tense, impassioned drama uncoils a torrent of confessions, accusations, contritions and blame, if not for the grail of reconciliation, for the consolation of understanding." "The Cordelia Dream, a Royal Shakespeare Company commission, lays out another urgent installment of this playwright's exploration of families, their needs and shortcomings, and of the darkness in the human heart." --Book Jacket.