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A Christmas Tale: in One Act

A Christmas Tale: in One Act

Maurice Bouchor

Drama

A sculptor who has drowned his talent in drink discovers that redemption can arrive in the smallest package. Pierre Coeur has abandoned his chisel for the bottle, leaving his wife Jacqueline and their children in want while he rots in the taverns of fifteenth-century France. But on Christmas Eve, something breaks through his despair. This compact, luminous drama unfolds in a single act of extraordinary tenderness, watching a man confront what he has become as the holy season demands he choose between the life he's built and the ruin he's chosen. Bouchor writes with the economy of a poet, each line carrying the weight of a soul in the balance. The play doesn't preach or sentimentalize; it simply asks whether a man so far lost can find his way home. For readers who believe in second chances, and in the quiet miracle of a family willing to forgive.

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A one-act play likely written during the late 19th century. Set in the 15th century, this drama revolves around the them...

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