Beau Jest by James Sherman

Copyright @ 1989, 1990 by James Sherman
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CHARACTERS
    Sarah Goldman
Chris, her boyfriend
Bob, her escort
Joel, her brother
Miriam, her mother
Abe, her father

PLACE
     
     
     
     
    A one bedroom apartment in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago.

 
     
    TIME
    ACT I, Scene 1:
An evening in spring
ACT I, Scene 2:
Later that evening
ACT II, Scene 1:
Two weeks later
ACT II, Scene 2:
Later that evening
ACT III, Scene 1:
Two weeks later
ACT III, Scene 2:
The