Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
In Hazlehurst, Mississippi, the three Magrath sisters gather to await news of their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at 30 and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast, and Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave yet somehow hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by Babe's awkward young lawyer, who has clearly fallen in love with her.Honest, touching and consistently hilarious, Beth Henley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play teems with humanity and humor.For Crimes of the Heart (1978), Beth Henley earned the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Oscar for Best American Play, and her screenplay based on the play was nominated for an Academy Award. Sisters of the Winter Madrigal (2003) and Absurd Fraud (2007) are two of her most recent plays. Nobody's Fool, Real Tales (written with David Byrne), and Miss Firecracker, based on her play The Miss Firecracker Contest (1979), are among her screenplay credits.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822202509 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822202506 |
| Title | Crimes of the Heart |
| Author | Beth Henley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Josef Weinberger Plays |
| Year published | 1982-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 106 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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