The Inheritance (Part Two)

Play

Writers: Matthew Lopez

Overview

Show Information

Based on the Play/Book/Film
E.M. Forster's Howards End (1910)
Category
Play
Number of Acts
3
First Produced
2018
Genres
Drama
Settings
Contemporary, Multiple Settings
Time & Place
New York, 2017-2018
Cast Size
medium
Ideal for
College/University, Mostly Male Cast, Regional Theatre, Professional Theatre
Casting Notes
Mostly male cast
Includes mature adult, adult, young adult, elderly characters

Synopsis

Matthew Lopez’ epic play, The Inheritance reimagines E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End as a contemporary portrait of New York’s gay community. A generation after the height of the AIDS crisis, the play explores what it is like to be a young gay man in New York. What does the current generation owe to its forebears? At the center of the play stands Eric Glass, around whom characters swirl in and out of love, apartments, and arguments. The Inheritance addresses serious questions about sexual identity as well as asking what the gay community has lost, and also gained, in the last twenty years.

The Inheritance is written in two parts, designed to be seen sequentially. Part Two runs at just over 3 hours. It contains nudity and explicit content.

Lead Characters


The Inheritance (Part Two) guide sections