Night Sky

by Susan Yankowitz

Drama / Cjharacters: 3m, 3f / Unit Set This extraordinary drama premiered to acclaim in a New York production directed by Joseph Chaikin and starring Joan MacIntosh. It was subsequently produced Off-Broadway in a revised version directed by Daniella Topol and featuring Jordan Baker in the central role. NIGHT SKY theatrically explores what Steven Hawking has called the two mysteries remaining to us: the brain and the cosmos. When she is hit by a car, the brilliant and articulate astronomer Anna

Genres: Plays

72 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2000

Reviews

[Harry Boyd · Rating 2 out of 5]

The subject material in this play is interesting as I had never heard of aphasia before and the journey the protagonist goes through is very interesting to see from an audience perspective. But the writing, for me, was just not up to scratch. The dialogue was unnatural, the personalities would undergo large changes seemingly unprompted and a few characters barely had any purpose at all. The plot was decent but the execution was dire.

[Elizabeth Hunter · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had great hopes for this play, since it's about aphasia, a subject of great interest to me, but it turned out to be too much about aphasia and not enough about anything else.