The Lyons Page 8
by Nicky Silver
She wants me to pick up a magazine on my way to the hospital.
(After a brief moment of intense internal struggle, with some urgency:)
Does anyone know where there’s a McDonald’s?!
(Blackout.)
NICKY SILVER’s plays include Pterodactyls, Fat Men in Skirts, Raised in Captivity, Free Will & Wanton Lust, The Maiden’s Prayer, The Eros Trilogy, The Food Chain, Fit to Be Tied, My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine, The Altruists, Beautiful Child, Three Changes and The Agony & The Agony. Mr. Silver is the recipient of the Oppenhiemer Award, the Kesselring Prize and three nominations each for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards.