Mrs Packard

Play Description
Illinois, 1861: Without proof of insanity, Elizabeth Packard is committed by her husband to an asylum. Based on historical events, Emily Mann’s play tells of one woman’s struggle to right a system gone wrong.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
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- About the Author(s)
- About the Book
- Special Notes
- Production Notes
- Productions
Press Quotes
“Emily Mann is one of our most urgently engaging, provocative and significant American playwrights.” —Joyce Carol Oates
“Elizabeth Packard emerges as a vibrant, passionate force of nature.” —New York Times
Book Information
Publisher | BPPI |
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Publication Date | 4/1/2013 |
Pages | 96 |
ISBN | 9780881455588 |
Special Notes
If original stage producers credits appear in bold below, all licensees are required to include them in the following form on the title page in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all advertising in which the full cast appears in size of type not less than ten percent (10%) of the size of the title of the Play:
First produced by the McCarter Theater, Princeton
In addition, the following must appear within all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypublishing.com
Production Notes
The author will allow the following changes for performance from pages 107 and 108 of the BPPI edition:
- All characters may say Mrs. Chapman’s line in unison: “She and her husband never lived together again.”
- Mrs. Stockton and Mrs. Chapman may say part of Mrs. Stockton’s line in unison: “…died at Jacksonville.”
- All characters may say Theophilus’s line in unison: “He died at the age of eighty three.”
- All characters may say part of Dr. McFarland’s line in unison: “…hanged himself.”