Word: nesting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, by Dale Wasserman, from the Ken Kesey novel. For about a year I said this was good without having seen it and didn't quite believe that either. But it is. It might be better for the spring, though, what with the Resurrection symbols at the end and all. 7:30 at the Charles Playhouse, 76 Warrenton Street in Boston...
...official name is "the Workshop," and it is run by a rather smarmy doctor and a highly officious nurse. The atmosphere is somewhat reminiscent of the mental asylum in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The men do the simplest kind of make-work. While their presence is voluntary, they are psychically crippled by a desperate need for safety and a deep fear of being objects of ridicule, scorn or pity in the outside world...
...weakness), be aggressive (but don't be a pig about it), be rational (but let the emotions flow). Female stereotypes are not so easily remodeled. It makes no real sense to urge that women be submissive (but not too submissive), flowerlike (but not wait to be picked), devoted nest builders (but go forth and confront the world...
...FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, by Dale Wasserman. This play is good. Go see it. 7:30 at the Charles Playhouse in Boston...
...FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, by Dale Wasserman. Until I saw this play, I didn't understand those stories you read about the audience joining in the strike chants at Waiting for Lefty, and all that stuff, but I defy you not to want to join the strike of the inmates of the asylum at the end of the first act. 7:30 at the Charles Playhouse in Boston...