Experience

<p>This volume contains three one-act plays in which Ralph Waldo Emerson is the principal character imaging three critical periods in Emerson's life.</p><p></p><p>The first play <em>Monuments</em> takes palace in 1873 toward the end of Emerson's life as he is sailing down the Nile river with his daughter Ellen struggling with memory and memories.</p><p></p><p>The second play <em>Solid Seasons</em> is set in Henry David Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond on July 4th 1847 as Emerson attempts to persuade his protege to leave Walden and return to Concord.</p><p></p><p>The Third play <em>Tender</em> is set in Emerson's home in January of 1842 as nine year old Louisa May Alcott arrives to inquire about Emerson's son Waldo who was ill with Scarlett Fever.</p><p></p><p>The three plays may be performed individually or together as an evening.</p><p></p>