Laughing Stock

THE STORIES: GOODBYE, HOWARD. In a North Carolina hospital, three aging spinster sisters wait for news of their brother's death. As they worry about breaking the news to their elderly mother, a brash young man-who seems to lack the proper respect for the aged and the dying-suddenly intrudes on the sad tidings. (2 men, 4 women.) In the second play, F.M., a creative writing teacher is at first appalled and then awed by the earthly brilliance of one of her pupils-a whiskey-guzzling, dirty-mouthed, vagabond-whose primitive genius puts his dilettante classmates to shame. (1 man, 3 women.)Linney, Romulus is the author of 'Laughing Stock ' with ISBN 9780822206439 and ISBN 0822206439.