Such Stuff As Dreams
Thomas Garlinghouse
- A
- struggling
- Hollywood
- Golden
- Age
- screenwriter
- collaborates
- with
- the
- world's
- greatest
- playwright.It’s
- 1936
- and
- Hollywood
- screenwriter
- Joe
- Holliday
- has
- a
- secret.
- He
- can
- see
- and
- communicate
- with
- ghosts.
- But
- because
- of
- a
- difficult
- childhood,
- he
- has
- long
- suppressed
- his
- ability.When
- the
- mercurial
- head
- of
- Apex
- Studios
- tasks
- him
- with
- writing
- a
- modern
- version
- of
- a
- Shakespeare
- play,
- Joe
- gradually
- regains
- his
- ability.
- Reopening
- himself
- to
- the
- spirit
- world
- brings
- him
- into
- contact
- with
- an
- old
- acquaintance—someone
- from
- his
- very
- distant
- past.
- This
- persistent,
- and
- very
- illustrious,
- spirit
- has
- a
- different
- writing
- task
- for
- him—some
- unfinished
- business
- the
- two
- had
- embarked
- upon
- over
- 400
- years
- ago.When
- these
- two
- tasks
- ultimately
- come
- into
- conflict,
- Joe
- is
- forced
- to
- choose.
- It
- is
- a
- decision
- that
- will
- have
- far-reaching,
- life-changing
- consequences.Peopled
- with
- imagined
- and
- real
- characters,
- such
- as
- Clark
- Gable
- and
- Carole
- Lombard,
- and
- a
- very
- famous
- writer,
- Such
- Stuff
- as
- Dreams
- is
- part
- ghost
- story,
- part
- tale
- of
- “Hollywood’s
- Golden
- Age,”
- and
- part
- chronicle
- of
- a
- man’s
- journey
- through
- the
- buffeting
- winds
- of
- love,
- change,
- loyalty
- and
- things remembered.
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