The price

In a condemned brownstone attic, estranged brothers Victor and Walter Franz meet to sell their deceased father’s estate. Victor is a police officer who sacrificed his education to support his father during the Great Depression, while Walter is a wealthy surgeon who prioritized his own career. As they negotiate with Gregory Solomon, an eighty-nine-year-old furniture dealer, the siblings confront the financial and emotional wreckage of their family history. The dialogue centers on the actual value of antiques versus the cost of past choices and family loyalty.

This play is for readers interested in the psychological mechanics of resentment and the long-term impact of economic collapse on private lives. People read this to examine the narratives individuals construct to justify their successes or failures. The reader walks away with a blunt understanding of how different perspectives change the meaning of shared history. It provides a technical look at how guilt influences personal identity and the way characters assign worth to their own sacrifices.