Women Behind Bars
by Tom Eyen

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Highlights

90 mins 1950s Ensemble Cast Interior Set American Comedy

Synopsis

"In this hilarious satire on B-movies of the 1950's, Mary Eleanor, an innocent duped into crime, lands in the Greenwich Village Woman's House of Detention, presided over by a massive matron with a taste for sadism and female flesh as our heroine, now Caged in the Big House, learns about life The Hard Way."

-- Publisher's description

Press Reviews

"Hysterically, paradoxically, fascinatingly, diabolically funny!"

— New York Daily News

"Sex is rampant and comically cheerful!... A delirious evening of Grade-A tomfoolery!"

— The New York Times

Characters

Character
Louise

Everyone hates Louise including Louise.

Blanche

A butterfly waiting for her Streetcar.

Jo-Jo

Harlem's answer to Edward G. Robinson.

Cheri

The big blonde. Her morals were low, but her price was high.

Granny (Sarah Lee Crocker)

The religious old lady with a chip on her tongue. (Also plays warden)

Gloria

A real Camel girl. She'll walk a mile to the chair.

Ada

Too much speed has slowed her down.

Guadalupe

San Juan's greatest export.

Mary-Eleanor

The innocent destroyed by the system.

The Matron

The evil that men are.

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1975
Binding Paperback
Edition Samuel French Acting ed.
Pages 78
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573618130
ISBN-10 0573618135
LCCN 76365235
LCC PS3555.Y37 W6
DCC 812/.5/4

Women Behind Bars is a American comedy play written by Tom Eyen and published by Samuel French in New York (1975).

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