Butterfly Kiss

by Phyllis Nagy

Lily Ross has murdered her mother. Her lover, Martha, searches for the motive. In her prison cell Lily reflects on a past and future, both real and imagined - a mother and grandmother living off dreams and alcohol, an academic father enclosed in his world of butterflies, and Teddy, the older man she seduced on the beach when she was just fourteen. Gradually, as through a glass darkly, we begin to perceive the complex web of events which leads Lily inexorably to her extreme act.

Genres: Plays

49 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1995

Reviews

[Annie Donette]

I really enjoyed acting in this at uni. There is something about these men who study butterflies and moths... Something disquieting.