The angel that troubled the waters, and other plays

This collection gathers brief, concentrated plays built around a striking challenge: how much life, history, faith, and human feeling can be placed into only a few minutes. In a foreword that is both candid and playful, the dramatist explains his long fascination with compression and with stripping away the repetitions and transitions that often surround a story. The result is theater reduced to its essential gesture, conflict, and revelation.

The pieces range widely in setting and subject, moving from biblical and legendary scenes to encounters involving artists, saints, and figures from history. A healing pool, a brother associated with fire, Mozart, Ibsen, Saint Francis, and Proserpina all suggest the imaginative variety within these pages. These are not sprawling dramas but finely shaped dramatic moments—ideal for listeners who enjoy literary miniatures, poetic dialogue, and stories that leave a generous space for reflection after the final line.