Kennedy's Children

by Robert Patrick

Published May 1975

This is an evocative drama of American idealism and the tragic fallout from the euphoria of the 1960s. Five lost souls are gathered in a bar Valentine's Day 1974: Wanda a secretary-turned-schoolteacher keeping John Kennedy's memory alive despite the inevitable slurs; Sparger an actor grown bitter and cynical as New York's vital underground theatre movement becomes a commercial wasteland; Rona a political activist who sees the movement collapsing from self-indulgence and apathy; Mark a Vie