On Golden Pond (play)

On Golden Pond
1979 hardcover book publication
Written byErnest Thompson
CharactersNorman Thayer, Jr.
Ethel Thayer
Chelsea Thayer Wayne
Billy Ray
Charlie Martin
Bill Ray Jr.
SettingThe living room of a summer home on Golden Pond in Maine. Time is the present.

On Golden Pond is a 1979 play by Ernest Thompson. The plot focuses on an aging couple, Ethel and Norman Thayer, who spend each summer at their home on a lake called Golden Pond. During the year the story takes place, they are visited by their daughter, Chelsea, her fiancé, Billy Ray, and his son, Billy Ray Jr. The play explores Chelsea and Norman's turbulent relationship, and the difficulties faced by a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage.

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