One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest : A Play in Two Acts

Dale Wasserman
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Comedy Drama / 13m, 4f / Int. w. inset. 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 clashes with the head nurse, a fierce artinet. Quickly, 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 s
Genres: PlaysClassicsFictionTheatreDramaPsychologyLiteratureMental HealthNovelsAdult
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