![]() ![]() It is a troubling thought, one of the honest and intelligent values of this splendid and tormented play. And yet, Zindel reminds us, strong, strange, beautiful flowers spring from such compost heaps. ![]() Shame hangs in the air of this house and palpably as poison gas. "The ultimate accolade must go to Paul Zindel for creating a psychologically perceptive ambiance. It is the most compelling work of its kind since Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie."- Variety. It combines moments of pain, poignancy, beauty, and hope. "Paul Zindel was written a masterful, pacesetting drama. But how is the world would Beatrice control Tillie-keeper of rabbits, dreamer of atoms, true believer in life, hope, and the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds. In the midst of chaos, Tillie struggles to keep her focus and dreams alive. Ruth was half-mad and easily bought with an occasional cigarette. Her sister, Ruth, suffers epileptic fits and sneaks cigarettes every chance she gets. She sat and stared and stayed silent as a venerable vegetable should. and the embittered ringmaster of the circus Hunsdorfer featuring three generations of crazy ladies living under the sloppiest big top on earth. ![]()
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