Some Voices
by Joe Penhall

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Highlights

90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

THE STORY: SOME VOICES focuses on Ray, a young schizophrenic trying to reassimilate after a spell in a mental hospital.

He is sent to live with his overworked brother where he is happy until he falls in love.

When Ray finds himself increasingly fru

Press Reviews

"…beautifully written…It's dark material, but Penhall handles it with a light touch. He doesn't romanticize Ray, neither does he vilify his brother, and their relationship is riveting.“ —The Independent (UK). ”…a sensitive and entirely unsentimental work in which every character suffers more than he or she deserves…purposeful, but it isn't polemical. The characters are too carefully and credibly drawn for that."

— The New York Times

Publication

Year 2003
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822219385
ISBN-10 0822219387
LCC PR6066.E4958 S66 1995

Some Voices is a American play written by Joe Penhall and published by Dramatists Play Service (2003).

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Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)

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