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Fortunately Lawrence (Pierre Carlo Talenti) and Joanna (Mankwe Ndosi) are merely fictious characters in Lanford Wilson's play, Home Free, which runs through this weekend at Adams House...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Housing Problems | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard House life may seem, it hardly compares to the disturbing daily lives of Joanna and Lawrence. In essence, Wilson's one-act play is not what one might necessarily consider drama. Trauma, perhaps is a better way of describing...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Housing Problems | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

Lawrence's only "real life" friend is Joanna. And despite her paranoid tendencies, Joanna is a swell friend. She tells Lawrence about her daily adventures outside. In return, he lets her play with his toy ferris wheel...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Housing Problems | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

Playing is a serious business for these two. The opening of the "surprise box" at two o'clock sharp is just as important to them as any power lunch is to a businessperson. In essence, Lawrence and Joanna have learned to cope with the real world by transforming it into the make-believe...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Housing Problems | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

...daily recounting of Joanna's adventures is also a serious part of their quality time together. Conversely, matters such as the paying of the month's rent and Joanna's pregnancy are trivialized or ignored. "Maybe you'll have kittens!" Lawrence gleefully announces to Joanna...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Housing Problems | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

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