Day in the Death of Joe Egg, A
- Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 2M, 3F, 1M or F
- ISBN: 9780573010842
"An immensely moving, even profound play about love and marriage...Very worthwhile."
The New York Times
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
Bri, a school teacher and his wife Sheila have a 10-year old spastic child named Josephine, who is completely helpless and utterly dependent. Bri hides behind irony and sarcasm. Sheila believes the child is her penance for a promiscuous past and soldiers on devotedly with their little "Joe Egg". Well-meaning family and friends offer sundry solutions, everything from adoption to euthanasia but ultimately Bri finds he cannot continue and leaves Sheila and Joe behind.
REVIEWS:
REVIEWS:
"An immensely moving, even profound play about love and marriage... Very worthwhile."
The New York Times
"Both moving and funny."
New York Post
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 3F, 1M or F
SHEILA
JOE
PAM
FREDDIE
GRACE
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Day in the Death of Joe Egg, A Script
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Bri, a school teacher and his wife Sheila have a 10-year old spastic child named Josephine, who is completely helpless and utterly dependent. Bri hides behind irony and sarcasm. Sheila believes the child is her penance for a promiscuous past and soldiers on devotedly with their little "Joe Egg". Well-meaning family and friends offer sundry solutions, everything from adoption to euthanasia but ultimately Bri finds he cannot continue and leaves Sheila and Joe behind. |
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