In a New England farmhouse, an old woman and a man named Tom talk about two people who are not present—John Hall and his estranged lover, Estelle—until John suddenly appears.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
13pp
Genre:
Drama, Family, Romance
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
Everyone
Based On:
“The Housekeeper” (1914), a poem by Robert Frost.
Synopsis/Details
Rural New England, 1913. This script recounts a conversation between an old woman and a person named Tom, who has come to see John Hall, Tom’s friend and the man of the house. Coincidentally, John has gone to Tom’s place to meet him. While waiting for John, Tom and the old woman talk about him and Estelle, the eponymic housekeeper, the old woman’s daughter, and John’s mistress of fifteen years—who has left him to marry another man. Then John comes home, alone.

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Submitted: 2021-Jan-27
Last Updated: 2021-Jan-27
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The Writer: R. J. Cardullo

A former university film teacher, I turned to screenwriting several years ago. I have also written film criticism for many publications. A New Yorker by birth, I grew up in Miami and was educated at the University of Florida, Tulane, and Yale. My last U.S. address was in Milford, Connecticut; I am now an expatriate residing in Scandinavia. Many of my scripts (both long and short) are adaptations of lesser-known works by well-known authors. I am happy to re-write, collaborate, or write on demand. Thanks kindly for any attention you can give my work. Go to bio
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