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• Paper Flowers translated by Gwynne Edwards
• Paper Flowers (1971) translated by Margaret Sayers Peden

Paper Flowers, translated by Gwynne Edwards

Characters

EVA

MERLUZA

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
2 (total)	2 (total)
1 males	1 males
1 females	1 females

Productions

• Paper Flowers (United Kingdom, 2003)

Paper Flowers (1971), translated by Margaret Sayers Peden

Editions

• Sayers Peden, Margaret. 1971. Paper Flowers: A Play in Six Scenes by Egon Wolff. Columbia, Missouri, Breakthrough Books, University of Missouri Press

Scene

This is a one act play with six scenes.

Staging

Taken from the opening stage directions:

The living room of a small suburban apartment, carefully arranged, revealing a feminine hand.  Comfortable.  Intimate.  Three doors in addition to the entrance.  One, to the bedroom; one to the bathroom; the third to the kitchen.

One window.

A canary in a cage.

Somewhere, a easel with a half-finished painting.  A box of oils.

Also, straw figures: fish, heads of animals, roosters, etc. (less)

Taken from the opening stage directions:

The living room of a small suburban apartment, carefully arranged, revealing a feminine hand. Comfortable. Intimate. Three doors in addition to ... (Read more...)

Characters

EVA

HAKE

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
2 (total)	2 (total)
1 males	1 males
1 females	1 females

Samples

• SCENE TWO

Entry written by Gwendolen Mackeith. Last updated on 5 October 2010.

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