The Portrait of a Genius: A Play in Three Acts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781481783613)

Geniuses are few and far between. Most of them will have honors and prizes showered upon them. But there will be exceptions, numerous exceptions: We don't know how many because they never make it; they fall by the wayside. They believe themselves to be alone in a hostile world, unable to adapt, unable to bring their ideas to fruition. They detest their inferiors and detest even more their superiors. One such genius, a historian with acute observations about the past and the future, was immortalized by Ibsen in his play Hedda Gabler. The Portrait of a Genius tells a similar story. Dramatis personae are the following: Helen Gascoigne, young, beautiful, uncompromising; Leslie Brock, the dean of the faculty who wants to bed her; George Turner, Helen's devoted husband, a scientist not burdened with great leaps of imagination; Esmund, the reckless genius who invents an entirely new kind of computer; and finally, Rosalind, girlfriend and admirer of Esmund.

Author: Laszlo Solymar
ISBN-10: 1481783610
ISBN-13: 9781481783613
Publisher: Authorhouse UK
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2013
Pages: 86
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d