A Few Good Narrators

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'I just wrote them the way that seemed right to me. I wasn't trying to write them in an understated way, a Japanese way. It just turned out to be my voice.'

• Jailed Diplomat
  In David Henry Hwang's M. BUTTERFLY, telling his own tale of how he got there.

• Disaffected Son
  In Tennessee William's THE GLASS MENAGERIE, telling the story of his sister's decline and how he got out.

• Investigating Attorney
  In Charles Fuller's A SOLDIER'S PLAY, telling the story of how he identified the murderer and what it meant to him.

• Attorney
  In Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, telling the story of his client's downfall and what it meant to him.

• Psychiatrist
  In Peter Shaffer's EQUUS, telling the story of a disturbed boy's therapy and what the 'cure' meant to him.

• Teacher of the Hearing Impaired
  In Mark Medoff's CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD, telling us the story of how he destroyed his relationship with a student and the impact it had on him.