The Illusion
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The Illusion is a play written by Tony Kushner. It follows a contrite father, Pridamant, seeking news of his prodigal son from the sorcerer Alcandre. The magician conjures three episodes from the young man's life. Inexplicably, each scene finds the boy in a slightly different world where names change and allegiances shift. Pridamant watches, but only as the strange tales reaches its conclusion does he confront the ultimate truth about his son.
The Illusion has a lighter mood than Kushner's most famous play, Angels in America. It was adapted from Corneille's seventeenth-century comedy, L'illusion Comique.
