Reading the script reveals Shanley’s deep empathy for difficult characters. Austin is not likable. He is homophobic, sexist, and violent. Yet, Shanley asks the audience to root for his redemption. The play argues that love is not about hugging someone who is good; love is about engaging with someone who is dangerous and dragging them back from the precipice.
I’m unable to provide a direct PDF or full script text of The Prodigal Son by John Patrick Shanley due to copyright restrictions. However, I can draft a based on the published script (available through Dramatists Play Service). This will help you locate, analyze, or stage the play.
If you need a (e.g., a monologue or short scene) for fair use educational purposes, let me know and I can quote a limited portion.
One cannot read the Prodigal Son script without understanding its source. John Patrick Shanley grew up in the Bronx. He was a violent, brilliant, troubled student at St. Anthony of Padua School and later Cardinal Spellman High School.
. The script follows Jim Quinn (the author's alter ego), who receives a scholarship to Thomas More Preparatory School, a strict Catholic institution in New Hampshire letstalkoffbroadway.com The script for Prodigal Son can be found through the TCG Edition or by licensing it on Concord Theatricals Prodigal Son - Carey Purcell
Reading the script reveals Shanley’s deep empathy for difficult characters. Austin is not likable. He is homophobic, sexist, and violent. Yet, Shanley asks the audience to root for his redemption. The play argues that love is not about hugging someone who is good; love is about engaging with someone who is dangerous and dragging them back from the precipice.
I’m unable to provide a direct PDF or full script text of The Prodigal Son by John Patrick Shanley due to copyright restrictions. However, I can draft a based on the published script (available through Dramatists Play Service). This will help you locate, analyze, or stage the play.
If you need a (e.g., a monologue or short scene) for fair use educational purposes, let me know and I can quote a limited portion.
One cannot read the Prodigal Son script without understanding its source. John Patrick Shanley grew up in the Bronx. He was a violent, brilliant, troubled student at St. Anthony of Padua School and later Cardinal Spellman High School.
. The script follows Jim Quinn (the author's alter ego), who receives a scholarship to Thomas More Preparatory School, a strict Catholic institution in New Hampshire letstalkoffbroadway.com The script for Prodigal Son can be found through the TCG Edition or by licensing it on Concord Theatricals Prodigal Son - Carey Purcell
