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Patient A, and other plays

by Lee Blessing

British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)AdaptationsAIDS (Disease)PatientsDramaGay menSerial murdersAdult child sexual abuse victims

This volume of Lee Blessing's most recent and some of his best work, includes: Patient A - a rethinking of the Kimberly Bergalis AIDS case; Two Rooms - the strain on families of hostages in the Middle East; Down the Road - a tale of a serial killer concerned with image; Fortinbras - a hilarious reexamination of Hamlet in a contemporary political context; and Lake Street Extension - an exploration of the dark theme of child molestation. All of these plays resonate with Blessing's characteristic depth of human feeling and his insistence that the personal is the political.

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