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The original Broadway cast included Creator/JosefSommer as the Interviewer, Creator/SimonOakland as Joe, Creator/VincentSpano as Steve, and Creator/MandyPatinkin as Mark. In 1980 the play was was adapted into a MadeForTVMovie directed by Creator/PaulNewman, starring John Considine as the Interviewer, James Broderick as Joe, Creator/ValerieHarper as Maggie, Creator/ChristopherPlummer as Brian, Ben Masters as Mark, Joanne Woodward as Beverly, Creator/SylviaSidney as Felicity, and Creator/MelindaDillon as Agnes.
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The original Broadway cast included Creator/JosefSommer as the Interviewer, Creator/SimonOakland as Joe, Creator/VincentSpano as Steve, and Creator/MandyPatinkin as Mark. In 1980 the play was was adapted into a MadeForTVMovie directed by Creator/PaulNewman, starring John Considine as the Interviewer, James Broderick Creator/JamesBroderick as Joe, Creator/ValerieHarper as Maggie, Creator/ChristopherPlummer as Brian, Ben Masters as Mark, Joanne Woodward as Beverly, Creator/SylviaSidney as Felicity, and Creator/MelindaDillon as Agnes.
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''The Shadow Box'' is a 1977 play by Creator/MichaelCristofer.
It centers on three terminally ill hospital patients at a hospital, who have all been moved to hospice (in fact, three cottages that function as a hospice) to live out their final days. They are:
It centers on three terminally ill hospital patients at a hospital, who have all been moved to hospice (in fact, three cottages that function as a hospice) to live out their final days. They are:
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''The Shadow Box'' is a UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize-winning 1977 play by Creator/MichaelCristofer.
It centers on threeterminally ill terminally-ill hospital patients at a hospital, who patients, all of whom have all been moved to a hospice (in fact, (or, rather, three cottages that function as a hospice) to live out their final days. days.
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It centers on three
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All three families must find a way to deal with impending loss.
Creator/MandyPatinkin appeared in the original production as Mark.
Creator/MandyPatinkin appeared in the original production as Mark.
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The original Broadway cast included Creator/JosefSommer as the Interviewer, Creator/SimonOakland as Joe, Creator/VincentSpano as Steve, and Creator/MandyPatinkin
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* TheVoice: An off-stage character identified in the script as "Voice of Interviewer" interviews the various characters. InUniverse the idea is that the hospital is developing a new hospice program, but this device allows for the characters to explore their feelings to a semi-omniscient presence.
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* TheVoice: An off-stage character identified in the script as "Voice of Interviewer" [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Interviewer]]" conducts interviews with the various characters. InUniverse the idea is that the hospital is developing a new hospice program, but this device allows for the characters to explore their feelings to a semi-omniscient presence.
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* SpeechCentricWork: Two acts of people talking about their lives and their impending deaths.
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* BisexualLoveTriangle: Mark resents Beverly's presence. Beverly for her part clearly still carries a torch for Mark, although in the end she steps aside.
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: The three patients are all clearly dying of cancer--Felicity moans with pain and begs Agnes for medicine--but the C word is never used.
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: The three patients are all clearly dying of cancer--Felicity moans with pain and begs Agnes for medicine--but the C word is never used.
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* LetThemDieHappy: Agnes reads letters from her absent sister Claire, assuring Felicity that she is on her way and will be arriving soon. Later in the play, Agnes reveals that Claire died years ago but the mother has rejected the knowledge in her senility. Unfortunately, Felicity is clinging to life through sheer stubborn desire to see the absent daughter again, making it harder and harder for Agnes to keep up the charade.
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* WeAreAsMayflies: The play ends with all the characters semi-BreakingTheFourthWall as they talk about how life is short and it's important to appreciate each moment.
-->'''Brian''': It doesn't last forever.
-->'''Brian''': It doesn't last forever.
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* DyingAlone: Brian says that basically, in the end, everyone does.
-->'''Brian''': You're absolutely alone facing an absolute unknown.
-->'''Brian''': You're absolutely alone facing an absolute unknown.
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* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: When Felicity ''is'' lucid, her age and her deteriorating health have put her well past giving a damn, like in the scene where the offscreen interviewer calls her "the patient".
-->'''Felicity''': Patient?! Patient, hell! I'm the corpse! I have one lung, one plastic bag for a stomach, and two springs and a battery where my heart used to be. You cut me up and took everything that wasn't nailed down. Sons of bitches.
* SuddenlyShouting: Felicity is loudly singing a dirty song ("Roll Me Over, in the Clover") while Agnes keeps asking her to stop. Finally Agnes snaps and says "Mama!!!! STOP IT!!".
-->'''Felicity''': Patient?! Patient, hell! I'm the corpse! I have one lung, one plastic bag for a stomach, and two springs and a battery where my heart used to be. You cut me up and took everything that wasn't nailed down. Sons of bitches.
* SuddenlyShouting: Felicity is loudly singing a dirty song ("Roll Me Over, in the Clover") while Agnes keeps asking her to stop. Finally Agnes snaps and says "Mama!!!! STOP IT!!".
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* TheVoice: An off-stage character identified in the script as "Voice of Interviewer" interviews the various characters. InUniverse the idea is that the hospital is developing a new hospice program, but this device allows for the characters to explore their feelings to a semi-omniscient presence.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: The central theme, as the three patients and their families have to deal with cancer and death.
* MathematiciansAnswer: Maggie, nervous just to be there, starts gabbling about how she brought a ham. Apparently the family lives on the opposite coast as Joe says "You mean you carried a ham three thousand miles across the country?". Maggie's response is "No. I put it under the seat."
* TheVoice: An off-stage character identified in the script as "Voice of Interviewer" interviews the various characters. InUniverse the idea is that the hospital is developing a new hospice program, but this device allows for the characters to explore their feelings to a semi-omniscientpresence.presence.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Joe and Brian at least are acutely aware of this. Joe struggles to get his wife to admit it.
* MathematiciansAnswer: Maggie, nervous just to be there, starts gabbling about how she brought a ham. Apparently the family lives on the opposite coast as Joe says "You mean you carried a ham three thousand miles across the country?". Maggie's response is "No. I put it under the seat."
* TheVoice: An off-stage character identified in the script as "Voice of Interviewer" interviews the various characters. InUniverse the idea is that the hospital is developing a new hospice program, but this device allows for the characters to explore their feelings to a semi-omniscient
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Joe and Brian at least are acutely aware of this. Joe struggles to get his wife to admit it.
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''The Shadow Box'' is a 1977 play by Creator/MichaelCristofer.
It centers on three terminally ill hospital patients at a hospital, who have all been moved to hospice (in fact, three cottages that function as a hospice) to live out their final days. They are:
* Joe. His wife Maggie is deep in denial and refuses to even admit that her husband is dying; their son Steve hasn't been told.
* Brian. His lover Mark has been living in the cottage and tending to him. Either Brian is bi or he used to be in a different kind of denial, because his flamboyant ex-wife Beverly has shown up to lend support.
* Felicity. She is in the worst state, with moments of lucidity that are outnumbered by longer moments of severe dementia. She is being taken care of by her weary daughter Agnes, who sometimes reads her letters from Felicity's other daughter, Claire.
All three families must find a way to deal with impending loss.
Creator/MandyPatinkin appeared in the original production as Mark.
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* AsYouKnow: In the opening scene the Voice of Interviewer makes sure to refer to Steve as "your son" when talking to Joe so the audience will know the relationships.
* TheVoice: An off-stage character identified in the script as "Voice of Interviewer" interviews the various characters. InUniverse the idea is that the hospital is developing a new hospice program, but this device allows for the characters to explore their feelings to a semi-omniscient presence.
It centers on three terminally ill hospital patients at a hospital, who have all been moved to hospice (in fact, three cottages that function as a hospice) to live out their final days. They are:
* Joe. His wife Maggie is deep in denial and refuses to even admit that her husband is dying; their son Steve hasn't been told.
* Brian. His lover Mark has been living in the cottage and tending to him. Either Brian is bi or he used to be in a different kind of denial, because his flamboyant ex-wife Beverly has shown up to lend support.
* Felicity. She is in the worst state, with moments of lucidity that are outnumbered by longer moments of severe dementia. She is being taken care of by her weary daughter Agnes, who sometimes reads her letters from Felicity's other daughter, Claire.
All three families must find a way to deal with impending loss.
Creator/MandyPatinkin appeared in the original production as Mark.
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!!Tropes:
* AsYouKnow: In the opening scene the Voice of Interviewer makes sure to refer to Steve as "your son" when talking to Joe so the audience will know the relationships.
* TheVoice: An off-stage character identified in the script as "Voice of Interviewer" interviews the various characters. InUniverse the idea is that the hospital is developing a new hospice program, but this device allows for the characters to explore their feelings to a semi-omniscient presence.
