Crimes of the Heart -- by Beth Henley (1981)
Description Beth Henley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play is set at the MaGrath sister's house in Hazlehurst, Mississippi "five years after Hurricane Camille." Could I Google when that was? Yes. Will I? Not now. The play is a reunion of sorts. There are three sisters: Lenny, 30, who has a deformed ovary and has no significant relationship in her life; Meg, 27, who has moved out to California to pursue, and come short of, her dreams; and Babe, 24, who has recently shot her husband because she did not like the way her husband looked at her. Of course, the true reasons for Babe shooting her husband are more detailed than that, but why spoil all the fun? The sisters reunite because of Babe's crime. Their lives and relationships are each unique, yet they share the same history. The plot reveals more than it is enhanced or created. Honestly, it reminded me most of the movie Fried Green Tomatoes . There was a movie version of this play. It featured Diane Keaton, Sissy S...