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| − | 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. | + | 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. [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/reardon-dennis-j.html] |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 08:19, 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. [2]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
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