Foolscap: Or, the Stages of Love

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Sourcebooks, Inc., 2002 - Fiction - 416 pages
Young drama professor Theo Ryan's life is turned upside down when he meets Joshua "Ford" Rexford-America's most acclaimed playwright and the most impossible and most talented man he's ever encountered. Because of Ford's influence, a journey begins that encompasses quirky scholars, bickering university faculty, the Renaissance giant Sir Walter Raleigh and, of course, ingenious plays.

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Contents

Prologue
1
A Cry Within
21
Flourish
32
Aside
41
A Bell Rings
48
Music Is Heard
57
Here a Dance
64
They Speak Together
73
Enter a Messenger with a Letter
94
A Trumpet Sounds
104
Thunder and Lightning
112
Storm Still
120
Enter Time a Chorus
132
A Banquet Is Prepared
142
Enter a Gentleman
148
Enter Several Strange Shapes
158

Enter Disguised
81
Aloft
87
Exit Disguised and Muffled
165
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Michael Christopher Malone, Novelist and TV writer, was born in 1942 in Durham, North Carolina. He studied English at the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1964. He earned his master's degree two years later. He went on to attend Harvard University, working toward a doctorate in English, but dropped out before finishing. He wrote for the ABC daytime drama, One Life to Live (1991-1996). His first book was Painting the Roses Red (1975). Some of his other novels were Handling Sin (1983), Foolscap (1991), First Lady (2002), and The Killing Club (2005) written with Marcie Walsh, based on a story by Josh Griffith. His awards include a Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Daytime Serials (1992) for One Life to Live; a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team (1994) - One Life to Live; and an Edgar Award for Best Short Story (1997) - Red Clay. Michael Malone died on August 19, 2022 in Clinton, Connecticut.

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