Tom Kempinski Libri

The story revolves around Joe Green, a middle-aged British playwright struggling with writer's block since his last play's premiere. He becomes romantically involved with Sarah, a young American actress affected by the same illness as his character. Their transatlantic relationship takes a turn when Sarah visits Joe, only to discover that he is not the idealized figure she imagined, but rather a man consumed by unkindness and self-loathing. This encounter forces both characters to confront their realities and desires.

Both Anne Bancroft and Julie Andrews have played the role of a famous concert violinist who is stricken with a disease which necessitates her retirement from the stage and which threatens her marriage as well. The play is structured as a series of interviews between the violinist and her psychiatrist in which she tries to cope with her illness and its effect on her life.|1 woman, 1 man