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Lovesick

Short Play, Drama  /  2w, 4m

Caryl Churchill

Originally written for radio, this incisive piece about love as sickness is effective when staged with minimal scenery. A therapist practices aversion therapy to rid his patients of sexual/romantic obsessions which interfere with their lives. While treating Ellen for loving a homosexual man, the the…

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Originally written for radio, this incisive piece about love as sickness is effective when staged with minimal scenery. A therapist practices aversion therapy to rid his patients of sexual/romantic obsessions which interfere with their lives. While treating Ellen for loving a homosexual man, the therapist tumbles in love with her. His treatments achieve unexpected results: the gay man falls for him and kills himself while Ellen realizes she has lesbian inclinations.  Published in Caryl Churchill: Shorts.

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Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill was born on 3 September 1938 in London and grew up in the Lake District and in Montreal. She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Downstairs, her first play written while she was still at university, was first staged in 1958 and won an award at the Sund ...

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