User:TheFlyingWallaby/Book of Days (Lanford Wilson play)

Book of Days is a 2000 play by American playwright Lanford Wilson. The play is set during "a recent summer" in Dublin Missouri.

Book of Days premiered April 2nd, 1998, at the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, Michigan.

Characters
Ruth Hoch — Bookkeeper for the Dublin Cheese Plant Len Hoch — Manager of the cheese plant; Ruth's husband Boyd Middleton — Stage director from out of town Ginger Reed — Assistant to Boyd Martha Hoch — Len's mother; junior college dean Walt Bates — Owner of the cheese plant Sharon Bates — Walt's wife James Bates — Walt's son Luann Bates — James's wife Earl Hill — Dairy inspector at the cheese plant Reverend Bobby Groves Sheriff Conroy Atkins

Synopsis
The story centers around the mysterious death of Walt, the owner of a local cheese plant. When Ruth proposes that Walt was murdered by Earl, much of the town turns on her.