←Recommendations of Erstwhile

Williams hits an interesting sweet spot with his "Erstwhile." A combination history lesson, ghost story and parable pondering the mores of a certain current royal celebrity. Very well-written dialogue. I love the feel of this piece - bridging the then with the now in a believable way. Very well done.

"Erstwhile" is a pleasant endeavor that will definitely make you think as you enjoy your reading/viewing. That its message remains somewhat timeless even if you don't know the headlines behind the headway speaks to the human condition as only PMW can do. It's a neat trick to find a different approach to a "ghost" or "afterlife" play. This play does both and provides a nifty angle to examine what we may have thought we already knew. Good stuff!

Williams' "Erstwhile" is pretty good stuff. A pleasantly deep, thoughtful drama. Regrets and second chances, duty versus freedom, the clarity that we lose something when we give up something else. A bit of a ghostly telling-to and a life-changing opportunity. Historic, yet personal. I like it.

I love how this short centers a subject which is both topical and evergreen - and does so in such a unique way! David is a bit of a Jacob Marley, urging Andrew to change before it's too late. What a distinctive piece.

I highly recommend this wonderful short play from Phillip Middleton Williams. Today's headlines meet the headlines of yesteryear via a very clever tilt. The witty dialogue moves the play along, with lines that are sometimes subtle and sometimes frank. In the end, Williams does a brilliant job of demonstrating that too much freedom is perhaps a prison of its own.

Freedom does sound like a terrible burden. Phillip Middleton Williams creates a metaphysical landscape out of impropriety and regret. Holding the proverbial mirror up to society, we are given a glimpse at a world of accountability and the price of lack of self control.

PHILLIP MIDDLETON takes a recent scandal... one as old as time itself for some in power... and gives the audience a little cheeky wink. These unemployed men? It's too late for one... and quite honestly... probably too late for the other as well.

02.05.26 - Sometimes having it all is it's own prison, but prison can have it's comforts too. One of those comforts is a sense of purpose. And when that's taken away, we we are let out of that prison, well, that can be another prison of it's own. Philip Middleton Williams presents us with 2 men finding their way those their own respective prison sentences, all the way from an idyllic park setting.

WOW. This play took a turn I didn't even expect! Philip Middleton Williams gives us a story that also teaches you a very valuable life lesson. Such wonderful dialogue and wit to these characters! Wonderful work Philip!

A witty meditation on the vagaries of desire and the vast emptiness of eternity, this play contains vivid characterizations of tabloid figures whose identities are revealed gradually. It's all great fun.