The Man-Eaters debuted at the Hemingway Days Festival in Key West, Florida in July of 2006 in support of the Hemingway Collection at the Customs House Museum administered by the Key West Art and Historical Society. The final performance was attended by the Honourable Anthony Knill, Consul General of Canada.
Act One: The first act begins with an exploration of Hemingway’s relationship with Jane Mason in Cuba followed by a re-enactment of an African Safari as depicted in “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”. The monologue then examines life in Cuba under President Machado and the opposing revolutionary forces and concludes with Ernest defending his boat, Pilar, against pirates.
Act Two: In the second act, Hemingway travels to Spain and the Spanish civil war. He describes his role as a war correspondent and points out the various atrocities that take place on both sides of the war. Re-enactments of “Pilar’s story” and “the death of El Sordo” from For Whom the Bell Tolls are included. The ending recreates Hemingway’s address for the tenth anniversary of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
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