House, Divided
 La Tempestad
 The Ballad of John Wesley Reed
 Girl Science
 The Allure of Oriental Wisdom
 Memorial Day (formerly Varia)
 Pride of the Lion
 The Dostoyevsky Man


 Monica for Chanukah
 Angie and Arnie Sanguine
 Edward and Ellie Supine
 The Lion Eats His Lunch
 The Lion in His Lair
 The Lion Leaves His Mark
 Prayers


 But Who's Counting?
 Emma Goldman Imagines the Millenium


 Just Before the War Between the Plates
 I Can Handle That


 Talking  with Lee Blessing

...with Tom Coash
...with Mary Fengar Gail
...with Richard Kalinowsky
...with Jamie Pachino
...with David Rambo
...with Jason Sherman
...with Naomi Wallace
...with Tom Gibbons
...with Dick Goldberg

The Lion in His Lair is a single-set, three character play.

Synopsis:

The Lion in His Lair begins when David Williamson, a stock broker about to go to jail for insider trading, arrives home for his last evening of freedom. After fighting his way through the hostile press camped at his door hoping for a statement, David seeks succor from his wife, Helen, but soon discovers that she is determined to let him see her until-now bottled up feelings before she loses the opportunity. But there are more troubling revelations than her anger.

Characters:

David Williamson -- Stock trader, late forties. Trim and fit.
Helen Williamson -- David's wife, mid-late forties. Stylish, well put together.
Annie Williamson -- Helen and David's daughter. Twenty. College student.

Setting:

The living room of the Williamson house, evening.

Time:

Late in the Reagan/Bush years.

Playing time:

Approximately 25 minutes.

Productions:

The Lion in his Lair premiered on March 22, 1994, at the Nat Horne Studio Theater in New York as part of the 6th annual Love Creek One-Act Festival.

The Love Creek production of The Lion in his Lair starred Jerry Richkin, Paige Cunningham, and Jeanne Langston, and was directed by Robert Ierardi.

The Lion in his Lair was also staged script-in-hand at the Barnes and Noble Center City store in Philadelphia, under the auspices of the Brick Playhouse on June 15, 1994.

The Lion in his Lair is also the first act of a full length play, Views of the Lion.

SAMPLE SCENE: The Lion in his Lair

Okay. So I'm supposed to ask what you got for dinner.

Right.

What, then?

Canned food. Chef Boyardee. LeSeur peas. Nibblets corn. Sugar wafers.

Chef Boyardee?

The days when we had Chef Boyardee and did our love making on the couch were the best times of our marriage.

You're kidding.

No.

You've blocked out a lot of bad stuff. Like how poor we were.

We were crazy about each other.

You, me, and the Chef.

Right. A menage a trois.

I'm still crazy about you.

Sweet of you to say it with so little prompting.

For more detailed information about my professional history, or for writing-related inquiries, please contact me directly at Larry@Loebell.com.