The Doctor Takes A Life
Frank Slaughter
Cold Sweat
by Neal Bell
Synopsis
THE STORY: Frustrated in her attempts to deal honestly with terminal patients, Dr. Alice Franklin is dismissed from one hospital and moves on to another, only to find herself faced once again with the same dilemma--a cancer patient who is held hosta
Press Reviews
"A probing and often wryly humorous play about the psychological aspects of death, by one of our most challenging and innovative playwrights. The play traces the postwar life of an army surgeon who returns from Vietnam determined to sort out her tangled feelings about death, as well as the broader issue of how the dying are treated by a fearful society. “…Bell is an intelligent, quick-witted writer who makes his characters, both living and dying, worth listening to…” —Los Angeles Times. “…an ambitious, extended series of philosophical riffs…moments of both soaring lyricism and mordant wit…"
— The Register
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822202271
ISBN-10 0822202271
Cold Sweat is a American play written by Neal Bell and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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