Crimes Of The Heart
by Beth Henley

Name: Crimes Of The Heart
Brand: Beth Henley
SKU: 9780822202509
Rating: 3.8 (7268 reviews)

Broadway

Crimes Of The Heart Book Cover — Crimes Of The Heart Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 mins 1970s Ensemble Cast Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama Critics Circle Pulitzer Prize Tony Award

Winner! 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner! 1981 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play Nominee: Four 1982 Tony Awards, including Best Play

Synopsis

In Hazlehurst, Mississippi, the three Magrath sisters gather to await news of their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital.

Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at 30 and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast, and Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach.

Their troubles, grave yet somehow hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by Babe’s awkward young lawyer, who has clearly fallen in love with her.

Honest, touching and consistently hilarious, Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play teems with humanity and humor.

Press Reviews

"It has heart, wit and a surprisingly zany passion that must carry all before it… it would certainly be a crime for anyone interested in the theatre not to see this play."
— New York Post

"From time to time a play comes along that restores one’s faith in our theatre."
— New York Magazine

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Chick Boyle 29, the sisters’ first cousin.	female	—	29, the sisters’ first cousin.
Doc Porter 30, Meg’s old boyfriend.	—	—	30, Meg’s old boyfriend.
Meg Magrath 27, the middle sister.	female	—	27, the middle sister.
Babe Botrelle 24, the youngest sister.	female	—	24, the youngest sister.
Barnette Lloyd 26, Babe’s lawyer.	—	—	26, Babe’s lawyer.
Lenny Magrath 30, the oldest sister.	female	—	30, the oldest sister.