Synopsis
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
$10.99 Published by Samuel French Inc
Large Mixed Cast
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play
Famous dark comedy set in the ward of a mental hospital
Getting declared insane rather than being sent to prison, seemed like a good idea - until a frontal lobotomy is suggested as a cure
Kirk Douglas played on Broadway as a charming rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather in a prison
This, he learns, was a mistake
He soon clashes with the head nurse, but he takes over the yard and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do for twelve years - he makes a presumed deaf and dumb Indian talk
He leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the world series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and chippies
For one offence, the head nurse has him submit to shock treatment
The party is too horrid for her and she forces him to submit to a final correction a frontal lobotomy ...
REVIEWS
Cuckoo is captivating" ~ N.Y. Post
"Scarifying and powerful" ~ N.Y. Times
"Funny, touching, and exciting" ~ N.Y. Daily News
"Brilliant. The stuff of great theatre" - WQR Radio
"Transforms the audience into one wild cheering section" ~ WNYC Radio
"One of the finest, most meaningful and most moving play of recent times" ~ WPIX TV