Two Small Bodies (play)

Two Small Bodies
Written by Neal Bell
Characters Eileen Maloney
Lt. Brann
Date premiered 1977[1]
Place premiered Playwrights Horizons[1]
Original language English
Genre Thriller
Setting In and around the apartment of Eileen Maloney

Two Small Bodies is an American 1977 two-character thriller play by Neal Bell.[1][2][3]

Plot

A strip club hostess' two children are missing and she is questioned by a police lieutenant for days when he suspects she murdered them.

Film

The play was adapted into the 1993 film Two Small Bodies by director Beth B and starring Fred Ward and Suzy Amis.[4][5]

Background

The play was inspired by the Alice Crimmins 1960s murder trial.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Klamkin, Allison (February 28, 2010). "Neal Bell's Two Small Bodies and Now You See Me Get NC Presentations". Playbill.
  2. ↑ Spinrad, Diana (April 28, 1988). "Two Small Bodies". Chicago Reader.
  3. ↑ Christon, Lawrence (August 22, 1982). "DOING RIGHT BY 'BODIES'". Los Angeles Times. The Matrix Theatre Company.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Kevin (May 27, 1994). "Movie Review : Beth B.'s 'Small Bodies' a Captivating, Complex Work". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ↑ James, Caryn (April 15, 1994). "Two Small Bodies (1994) Review/Film; Did She or Didn't She? Commit Murder, That Is". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ "Edmond Michael "Eddie" Crimmins, Jr". Find a Grave.
  7. ↑ "Alice Marie Crimmins". Find a Grave.


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