'Night, Mother
'Night, Mother
Author: Marsha Norman
First Performance: 1983, NewYork
Published: 1983
Genre: Drama in 1 act
Setting: Living room and kitchen of a house in the country, 1983
Cast: 2f
Jessie Cates is about 40 years old. She has a brother Dawson, who is married with children, but Jessie does not like her fastidious sister-in-law. Jessie has been married herself but is now separated from her husband Cecil. Their son Ricky never gets in touch and has had two prison sentences for robbery. Without knowing it, Jessie had inherited her father's epilepsy and suffered from minor seizures, until one day she fell while riding a horse, an activity she had taken up to please Cecil. The fall made her fits much more serious, and she became quite ill. After breaking up with Cecil, Jessie was encouraged to come and...
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