'Night, mother: A play (A Mermaid dramabook) - Hardcover

Norman, Marsha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809073617 ISBN 13: 9780809073610

Publisher: Hill and Wang, 1983

Synopsis

'night, Mother is a taut and fluid drama that addresses different emotions and special relations. By one of America's most talented playwrights, this play won the Dramatists Guild's prestigious Hull-Warriner Award, four Tony nominations, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize in 1983.

'night, Mother had its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in December 1982. It opened on Broadway in March 1983, directed by Tom Moore and starring Anne Pitoniak and Kathy Bates; a film, starring Anne Bancroft and Sissy Spacek, was released in 1986.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Winner, International Sony Award, 1994.

From the Inside Flap:

This Pulitzer Prize winner tells the powerful story of an epileptic woman in her early 40's systematically preparing her own death - and the frantic and touching efforts of her mother to stop her. This searing drama is guaranteed to keep any listener on the edge of their seat.

An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Sharon Gless and Katherine Helmond.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hill and Wang
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0809073617
• ISBN 13: 9780809073610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 89