Crimes Of The Heart

by Beth Henley
Directed by John Sams

The scene is Hazelhurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters--Lenny, Meg and Babe--have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Their troubles, grave and yet somehow hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin Chick and by the awkward young lawyer who tries to keep Babe out of jail (for having shot her husband) while helpless not to fall in love with her. In… Show more the end the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future. Time is 1974

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