'Hope' is the Thing with Feathers
Frank Pugliese
Fighting Chance
by N J. Crisp
Synopsis
Dramatic Comedy Characters: 5 male, 4 female Scenery: Various simple interiors Based on the author's experiences, Fighting Chance is set in a rehabilitation center for neurological patients.
It charts the progress of five patients over eight weeks.
These five demonstrate humor, frustration, anger and pity and they help each other throughout this funny, touching and ultimately optimistic play.
"A smashing hit."
- Waterbury Republican/American "The play is painstaking in its detail....
It documents the medical process with humanity and humor."
- the New York Times "Both amusing and moving.... A courageous, compassionate play."
- London Standard
Press Reviews
"A smashing hit."
— Waterbury Republican/American
"The play is painstaking in its detail...It documents the medical process with humanity and humor."
— The New York Times
"Both amusing and moving...A courageous, compassionate play."
— The London Standard
"A most remarkable play...spiced with bravado humor and black comedy."
— London Stage
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1986
Binding Paperback
Pages 80
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573016295
ISBN-10 0573016291
LCCN 89113165
LCC PR6053.R497 F54 1986
DCC 822/.914
Fighting Chance is a British comedy play written by N J. Crisp and published by Samuel French in London (1986).
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