title: Mr. Burns: A Post-electric Play
author:  Anne Washburn 
description: Mr Burns is a brilliantly lucid bit of theatre. There's some additional fun if you are very familiar with The Simpsons but that's not vital, in fact, it's a distraction if you think it's all an in-joke for the fans. Itcould be anything; The Simpsons stands in for any story that embraces and touches a whole culture. It is The Bible, The Iliad, the Complete Works ofShakespeare and as such it's a challenge to how we think of art, religion,culture, the whole way of life that we move in. It's beautifully performed, too, because if it had been given a smooth, elegant London theatre production, it would have missed the point. This is a rough,crude, funny, clever, heartfelt, stupid evening of theatre and I can't recommend it highly enough.'Dan Rebellato; danrebellato.co.uk <br> Washburn's play is pretty out there in many respects, but each scenario is beautifully realised, and it presents a compelling query: faced with uncertainty, would we salvage what's 'important' for the human race? Or what comforts us? And is there really a difference? the bold vistas of Washburn's imagination are
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  # The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
  
  
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  A PLAY IN THREE ACTS
  
  
  CHARACTERS
  
  MRS HOLROYD
  
  HOLROYD
  
  BLACKMORE
  
  JACK HOLROYD
  
  MINNIE HOLROYD
  
  GRANDMOTHER
  
  RIGLEY
  
  CLARA
  
  LAURA
  
  MANAGER
  
  TWO MINERS
  
  The action of the play takes place in the Holroyds' cottage
  
  
  
  
  
  ### SCENE I
  
  
  The kitchen of a miner's small cottage. On the left is the fireplace, with a
  deep, full red fire. At the back is a white-curtained window, and beside it
  the outer door of the room. On the right, two white wooden stairs intrude into
  the kitchen below the closed stair-foot door. O