Prodigal Son

This was a very small play (unexpectedly for some reason?).

I'd seen footage of Timothée Chalamet performing a monologue from it and so it's been in the back of my head. Feels strange that this was written in 2016? However these kind of Discourses on teaching and the power of the written word I find fascinating. The main character feels like such a classic enigma child though which was a bit of a throw off. Would love to see it live.

“Teachers don't tell you what they tell you in books. Charles Dickens tells you everything. Henry Miller tells you everything. Teachers tell you about other people, never themselves. You teach Religion, but I don't know anything about religion from you. I've never seen your soul. I've never met your God.”