Poor Clare
About this book
'I'm still going to like, do charity, probably even more than I do now.'
Clare has it all. She's a noblewoman living her best life in medieval Italy, trying out hairstyles, and sharing the latest gossip with her sister and maids.
Everything is on track for her to marry some super-rich nobleman and live super-richly ever after. But on the streets of Assisi, she meets Francis, who's sharing some of the wildest ideas Clare has ever heard. And when she listens to what he has to say, her eyes are opened to a whole new way of living.
Chiara Atik's play Poor Clare is a hilarious and off-beat comedy about wealth, sacrifice, and the cost of doing good. Premiered at the Echo Theater Company in Los Angeles in 2020, it won the 2022 American Theatre Critic Association's New Play Award and the LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best New Play, and was shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
It received its European premiere at the Orange Tree Theatre, London, in 2025, directed by Blanche McIntyre and starring Arsema Thomas and Freddy Carter.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Original Production Details
- Characters
- Poor Clare
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information
