

Fire in the Hole
Robert Schenkkan
This engrossing, cinematically structured drama is about a female coal miner who dies in a mining accident.
The play explores the difficulty she encounters in trying to make a living in such a male dominated profession, the difficulties her husband faces in having a wife with such an unusual job, and ultimately the reasons for her death.
"A major drama...Such is the richness of the script...that the experience was illuminating."
— New York Daily News
"Fascinating."
— The New York Post
"Death of a Miner has a pertinency as a play treating significant feminist concerns, and the background is filled with evocative details."
— The New York Times
The Death of a Miner is a play written by Paula Cizmar and published by Samuel French .
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