One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest : A Play in Two Acts
Brand: Samuel French, Inc.
Categories: Books, Arts & Photography, Performing Arts


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Dimensions: 5 x 0.2 x 8 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0573613432
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0573613435
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Print length: 96 pages
Publication date: January 7, 2010
subtitle: Paperback – January 7, 2010
author: Visit Amazon's Dale Wasserman Page search results Dale Wasserman Ken Kesey
review: Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover Little Theatre Comedy Drama Dale Wasserman, adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey Characters: 13 male, 4 female Interior with inset. Kirk Douglas played on Broadway as a charming rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather in a prison. This, he learns, was a mistake. He clashes with the head nurse, a fierce artinet. Quickly, he takes over the yard and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do for twelve years; he makes a presumed deaf and dumb Indian talk. He leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the world series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and chippies. For one offense, the head nurse has him submit to shock treatment. The party is too horrid for her and she forces him to submit to a final correction a frontal lobotomy. Winner of the 2001 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival. "Cuckoo is captivating." N.Y. Post. "Scarifying and powerful." N.Y. Times. "Funny, touching, and exciting." N.Y. Daily News. "Brilliant. The stuff of great theatre." WQR Radio. "Transforms the audience into one wild cheering section." WNYC Radio. "One of the finest, most meaningful and most moving play of recent times." WPIX TV. Winner of both the 2001 Tony Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play.