On Golden Pond is a 1979 play by Ernest Thompson. The plot focuses on aging couple Ethel and Norman Thayer who spend each summer at their home on a lake called Golden Pond. During the year the story takes place they are visited by daughter Chelsea with her fiancé and his son in law. The play explores the often turbulent relationship the young woman shared with her father growing up and the difficulties faced by a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage.
author
Ernest Thompson
character in play
Bill Ray, Billy Ray, Charlie Martin, Chelsea Thayer Wayne, Ethel Thayer, Norman Thayer Jr.
IBDB ID
6733
setting of play
The living room of a summer home on Golden Pond in Maine. The Present.
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