Dec 23, 2009

Night, Mother | Author Biography

The isolation and loneliness of life, topics of her play 'night, Mother, are issues that are familiar to Marsha Norman, since they spring from her own childhood. Norman was born September 21,1947, in Louisville, Kentucky. Her family chose to isolate Norman rather than expose her to ideas that challenged their own as religious fundamentalists. She received a B.A. from Agnes Scott College in Georgia in 1969, and a M.A. from the University of Louisville in 1971. Norman worked With gifted and emotionally disturbed children for two years at Kentucky State Hospital. She has been married...