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| − | Set in 1960s USA, patients in | + | Set in 1960s USA, patients in a Vietnam War veterans hospital are induced to participate in a programme of experimental brain implantation designed to achieve conformable neurological happiness. One resists, preferring the limitations with his own identity to the technologically achievable bliss. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 08:18, 23 July 2015
The Happiness Cage is a 1970 play by American playwright Dennis J. Reardon (1944- ) [1].
Contents
Synopsis
Set in 1960s USA, patients in a Vietnam War veterans hospital are induced to participate in a programme of experimental brain implantation designed to achieve conformable neurological happiness. One resists, preferring the limitations with his own identity to the technologically achievable bliss.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
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