The Oldest Boy: A Play In Three Ceremonies

In this moving exploration of parenthood, an American mother and a Tibetan father have a three-year-old son believed to be the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama. When a Tibetan lama and a monk come to their home unexpectedly, asking to take their child away for a life of spiritual training in India, the parents must make a life-altering choice that will test their strength, their marriage, and their hearts. The Oldest Boy is a richly emotional journey filled with music, dance, puppetry, ritual, and laughter -- Sarah Ruhl at her imaginative best. A meditation on attachment and unconditional love, the play asks us to believe in a world in which sometimes the youngest children are also the oldest and wisest teachers.

• | Author: Sarah Ruhl
• | Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
• | Publication Date: May 18, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 84 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Drama
• | ISBN-10: 0573705321
• | ISBN-13: 9780573705328