Dunelawn
by Terrence Mcnally
Synopsis
THE STORY: In DUNELAWN we are in an expensive retreat for the unhappily married where the saintly Dr. Toynbee injects his straight-jacketed charges with tranquilizing drugs to calm such urges—but the catalogue of aberrations revealed in his patients is subjected to close, and enormously funny, scrutiny.
Press Reviews
"Winner of the 1974 Obie Award for Distinguished Play. One of a pair (under the omnibus title of Bad Habits) of brilliantly satirical plays offering a biting and hilarious study of events in two very singular sanitariums. “…really funny…goes to prove that laughter is the best medicine.” —The New York Times. ”Terrence McNally gets funnier and funnier. His Bad Habits is a twin bill and it's funny enough for two theatres.“ —New York Daily News. ”…the best comedy so far this season…“ —Variety. ”…inspired madness of the highest order."
— Cue Magazine
Characters
| Character |
|---|
MR. BLUM |
MR. PONCE |
HUGH GUMBS |
RUTH BENSON, R.N. |
MR. YAMADORO |
DR. TOYNBEE |
BECKY HEDGES, R.N. |
BRUNO |
ROY PITT |
HIRAM SPANE |
JASON PEPPER, M.D. |
APRIL PITT |
HARRY SCUPP |
FRANCIS TEAR |
DOLLY SCUPP |
OTTO |
Publication
Dunelawn is a comedy play written by Terrence Mcnally and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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Dramatists Play Service · 1998 · 97 pp
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