The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds
Beatrice was a mother . . . and the embittered ringmaster of the circus Hunsdorfer featuring three generations of crazy ladies living under the sloppiest big top on earth. Nanny was no problem. She sat and stared and stayed silent as a venerable vegetable should. Ruth was half-mad and...
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Beatrice was a mother . . . and the embittered ringmaster of the circus Hunsdorfer featuring three generations of crazy ladies living under the sloppiest big top on earth. Nanny was no problem. She sat and stared and stayed silent as a venerable vegetable should. Ruth was half-mad and easily bought with an occasional cigarette. But how is the world would Beatrice control Tillie--keeper of rabbits, dreamer of atoms, true believer in life, hope, and the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds . . .
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780553280289 (0553280287)
Publish date: July 1st 1984
Publisher: Starfire
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Juvenile,
American,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Family
This won the Pulitzer for drama in 1971. I don't think it deserved the distinction. The most interesting thing about it was the foreword added in 1996 in which the author explains how the play was somewhat autobiographical.
We performed this my senior year in high school. I played the old woman. I'm sure it was an amazing performance, second only to the role played by Flash the Wonderbunny, and the three human leads.I don't remember much else, but sometimes I'm likely to bust out "I hate the world, Mathilda." Fortun...
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