Latest Margulies is ‘Shipwrecked!’
After a bitter storm, Louis de Rougemont (Michael Countryman) finds himself marooned on a remote island. Miles away from everything he has ever known, Louis wanders the desolate beach when suddenly a flash catches his eye. He stops, scooping up a jar filled with pearls — the very treasure that he had been hunting when the storm hit, worth so much then and so little now. He looks at the audience and says, confidentially, “I laughed with bitter irony.” And then he does.
Louis’s self-conscious narration is the trademark of “Shipwrecked! An Entertainment — The Amazing Adventures of...
for what it's worth, i thought this play was fantastic.