St. Paul’s

On page 37 Stephen introduces us to Erik’s work through questioning from Richard and responses from his girlfriend.  When Brigid responded that the high school that Erik worked at was St. Paul’s I immediately thought of the prep school St. Paul’s in my home state of New Hampshire (although I believe that Stephen is referring to a school in Scranton).  Erik and Deirdre’s potential lake house which doesn’t seem to be going to be built as Erik responds to Richard “Uh, no, that’s a long ways away” (38) is similarly revealed through questioning from Richard.  I enjoyed how Stephen was able to accurately portray dialogue throughout the play.  A question I had while reading the play is if Stephen is trying to make a social commentary on the age gap between Brigid and Richard?  Is there a potential connection to the St. Paul’s statutory rape Owen Labrie case? Thoughts?

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