When was the foreigner play written?

1984

What time period is The Foreigner play?

1960s

It deals with political and social repression in Czechoslovakia in 1974. Grandma Duck Is Dead (1979) is the one-act play that launched Shue’s playwrighting career. This comedy is set in a messy dorm room at an Illinois college in the late- 1960s and was inspired by Shue’s own college experiences.

What is the central theme of The Foreigner?

Search for Self. Though Shue’s main interest in The Foreigner is to make his audience laugh, he is also concerned with the theme of self-awareness. Charlie, Ellard,Betty, and Catherine struggle to discover who they really are while David and Owen attempt to hide their real identities from both others and themselves.

How old is Catherine in The Foreigner?

19 yrs

CATHERINE SIMMS
Age: 19 yrs Catherine is engaged to Rev. David Marshall Lee. She was a debutante one year ago. She is Ellard Sims’ older sister, and his guardian after their father died.

Where does the foreigner take place?

The Foreigner is a fun, two-act comedy by American playwright Larry Shue. The story takes place in a fishing lodge in rural Tilghman County, Georgia where two Englishmen, Froggy and Charlie, arrive as guests.