Six degrees of separation play
But Flan is convinced he will find them again.Ī: John Guare Pf: 1990, New York Pb: 1990 G: Drama in 1 act S: East Side, New York, c.1990 C: 14m, 4f Before they can get to him, the police arrest him, and, since Ouisa does not know his real identity, the authorities are unable to trace him. Ouisa tells him to give himself up, and promises to help him. Now in serious trouble, Paul phones Ouisa and begs her to treat him as her son. Paul cons a young couple from Utah and sleeps with the man, who commits suicide. Ouisa reflects that there are at most only six degrees of separation between us and everybody else on this planet. Paul, a poor black hustler, resolved to infiltrate the best homes in New York. Tess, the Kittredge's daughter, establishes that a homosexual high-school classmate had an affair with Paul and told him details of the families.
A Dr Fine has also been taken in by the charming Paul, and the Kittredges discover that Poitier never had a son. All efforts to contact Sidney Poitier fail, and, since nothing was stolen, the police are not interested. They meet friends who have had exactly the same experience. The Kittredges awake to find that Paul has brought a hustler into their apartment they are disgusted, and throw Paul and the hustler out. Paul claims to be a fellow student of their children at Harvard and to be the son of Sidney Poitier.
A: John Guare Pf: 1990, New York Pb: 1990 G: Drama in 1 act S: East Side, New York, c.1990 C: 14m, 4fJohn Flanders (‘Flan’) Kittredge (44), an attractive New York art dealer, and his wife Louisa (‘Ouisa’), about to go to dinner with a South African friend, are surprised by the arrival of Paul, a young black, who has just been mugged in Central Park.