The Killing of Sister George
A Comedy
Frank Marcus
Sister George, a not-very-closeted lesbian, is the star of soap opera Applehurst, a program with slipping ratings. George is in a relationship with the much younger Childie, and acts as much as surrogate mother as lover. Whenever Childie crosses George, George starts drinking and goes on cruel rampages and wild nights: anything to avoid being alone with herself.
Childie, a woman actually in her 30s, is beset by her own demons born from mistakes as a teenager, and she too acts out whenever faced with the prospect of being alone.
Enter antagonist Mercy Croft, who has her eyes set on Childie and tries to pull her away from George so that she can have the ‘younger woman.’
All three are faced with failures, haunted pasts and dark futures as they battle their loneliness and need for power. Don’t look for any happy endings here.
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Details
Genre | Movie/Media Tie-In; Performing Arts; Pulp |
Publication Date | 1965 |
Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
Format | Hardcover |
Notes | A** rating in Grier |
Language | English |
Rating | Good |
Subject | Lesbians – Fiction; Play |
BookID | 6372 |