Blackpool & Parrish

Clever musings on good and evil

On the day before the end of the world, good and evil (personified in the devilish Harriet Blackpool and the saintly Richard Parrish) meet in a very private club to discuss the terms of battle. They are joined by their offspring, a pair whose natures are perversely opposite to that of their parent. The premise is fun, the dialogue is funny and the musings on the nature of good and evil are nuanced and sophisticated. The cast does a terrific job of carrying this nuance into their characters, resisting the temptation to be over-the-top or one-note. There are some wonderfully unique images in this play such as breakfast with the four horseman of the apocalypse (Famine likes his eggs over easy)from Holy Family College in 1969. Subsequently, she began teaching art at Cardinal Dougherty High School in Philadelphia, where she had previously been a student-teacher.
On April 22, 1970, the Department of Labor received plaintiff's application for a labor certification as a secondary school teacher.[1] She was to teach art at Cardinal Dougherty High School for $5800. a year. The school indicated to the Department of Labor that it had sought others for the job but that none were available. The Department, acting through the Regional Manpower Administrator,[2] determined that there were other qualified American applicants available and that the plaintiff's wage *894 offer fell below the prevailing wage scale paid to Philadelphia public school art teachers. Subsequently, plaintiff's employer was notified that a labor certification could not be