Word: biarritz
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Proceeding by freighter from Biarritz to South America, the play chiefly chronicles the long-established relationship (or lack of one) between a rich, rampageous, epileptic Ecuadorian general and a prim, suicide-seeking, coffin-toting English governess. A kind of double target, Now I Lay Me contrasts farcically-as E. M. Forster and others have done more seriously-the torrid zone of the emotions with the frigid; i.e., Latin excesses and flamboyance with British repressions and good form...
...Biarritz, Monique first met the Da Silva cousins-tall, handsome Nano, just back from service with the French army,, an ardent cavalier who escorted her to the casinos and the dances and introduced her to his cousin, Jonsine da Silva, who promptly fell in love with...
...father's death, Jonsine hurried home to take over his coffee inheritance. Monique decided she loved Nano, for he was close at hand. Then Nano's grandmother died, and he hurried home to take over another coffee plantation. Monique swerved to Jonsine, who had returned to Biarritz. Talking fast while the coast was clear, he persuaded her to marry...
Jonsine took his bride off to Brazil, there drudged over his coffee estate while his wife pined for Biarritz's less boring round. Nano renewed his suit and the situation grew tense. Twice Monique went home. The first time, husband Jonsine pursued her, persuaded her to come back to Brazil, have a baby and be happy. They had a baby girl, Pamela, but Monique was still not happy. The second time she ran off, Jonsine followed again; this time he promised to stay with her in France...
...Distraught. But Nano, too, popped up in Biarritz, and spent much time with Monique. She became distraught, required larger & larger doses of sleeping pills. Last October she made a decision. She told Jonsine she would leave him for Nano...