Joe Egg - [Play] (Paperback)

This brilliantly written, deeply moving play about the problems of a young couple with a spastic daughter-the "Joe Egg" of the title-was described by Ronald Bryden in The Observer (London) as a "remarkable play about a nightmare all women must have dreamed at some time, and most men: living with a child born so hopelessly crippled as to be, as the father in it says brutally, a human parsnip. For all that, it has to be described as a comedy, one of the funniest and most touching I've seen. The bridge between its form and content is a simple but brilliant stroke of theatre. Over the years, the author implies, explaining to others how one lives with such a situation becomes a kind of set party piece. This, savagely exaggerated, is what he has written-a recital, interspersed with jazz, imitations and tap-dances, about life with Joe Egg."

General

Imprint:	Avalon Travel Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Peter Nichols
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	87
ISBN-13:	978-0-8021-5115-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8021-5115-9
Barcode:	9780802151155

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