The Egg
Robert Schlitt
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
by Peter Nichols
Synopsis
Bri, a schoolteacher and his wife Sheila have a 10-year old spastic child named Josephine, who is completely helpless and utterly dependent.
Bri hides behind irony and sarcasm.
Sheila believes the child is her penance for a promiscuous past and soldiers on devotedly with their little "Joe Egg".
Well-meaning family and friends offer sundry solutions, everything from adoption to euthanasia but ultimately Bri finds he cannot continue and leaves Sheila and Joe behind.-4 women, 2 men
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Joe Egg with Eddie Izzard Act I, Part 1 of 8
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1968
Binding Paperback
Pages 86
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573010842
ISBN-10 0573010846
LCCN 76426496
LCC PR6064.I2 D3 1968
DCC 822/.9/14
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg is a British comedy play written by Peter Nichols and published by Samuel French in London (1968).
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