Word: riseman
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There are three central characters: Louise (Roxana Stuart), a genteel widow; Nora (Naomi Riseman), a widow of lower-class origins; and Louise's teen-age daughter Gloria (Melissa Leo). They live in Bethesda, Miss., at the turn of the century. In her widowhood Louise has taken a younger man, Mr. Merriwether (David Williams) as a lover, but he has left for a job in Memphis. She is desolate and yearns for his return. There are hints of Blanche DuBois in her, and white is the dominant color of the play. The set is white except for a square black...