The Rope Dancers
by Morton Wishengrad
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Readers have mixed feelings about this 1957 drama. Some appreciate the unique storyline centered on an Irish American couple, while others seem to find the execution lacking.
Synopsis
This poetic drama starred Art Carney and Siobhan McKenna in the New York premiere.
The story reveals the struggles of an Irish American couple at the turn of the century whose daughter has been born with six fingers on her left hand and who later becomes the victim of what appears to be St. Vitus' Dance.
Margaret Hyland is convinced that the child's suffering is punishment from God, penance for James' alcoholism.
Believing that the guilt is partially her own, she has become embittered, resentful and distant.
Resolved in tragedy, the torments, repressions and denials of human beings caught in a inevitable maelstrom they can neither understand nor resist.
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"All gold... [that] makes the theatre a palace of truth again."
— The New York Times
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The Rope Dancers is a play written by Morton Wishengrad and published by Samuel French (1958).
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