Marvin's Room (play)

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Marvin's Room (play) is a darkly comic stage drama by Scott McPherson about two estranged sisters reunited by illness and family obligation, later adapted into a 1996 film.

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Marvin's Room (play) canonical 4

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instanceOf dark comedy
drama play
stage play
adaptationType film adaptation
adaptedInto Marvin's Room
surface form: Marvin's Room (1996 film)
author Scott McPherson
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dramaticForm two-act play
dramaticStructure character-driven
genre dark comedy
family drama
stage drama
hasAntagonisticForce family conflict
illness
hasCharacterRelationship Bessie and Lee are estranged sisters
Bessie cares for her aunt Ruth
Bessie cares for her father Marvin
hasProtagonist Bessie
hasSubject aging
care of elderly parent
chronic illness
leukemia
mental health
intendedAudience adult
isBasisFor screenplay of Marvin's Room (1996 film)
language English
mainCharacter Bessie
Lee
Marvin
Ruth
medium live theatre performance
narrativeFocus reunion of estranged sisters due to illness
notableFor blend of dark humor and pathos
portrayal of caregiving within a dysfunctional family
originalMedium theatre
periodOfSetting late 20th century
setting Florida
Marvin's house
theme caregiving
estrangement
family obligation
illness
mortality
reconciliation
tone bittersweet
darkly comic
workHasTitle Marvin's Room (play) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Marvin's Room
writer Scott McPherson
yearAdaptedToFilm 1996

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Marvin's Room basedOn Marvin's Room (play)
Robert De Niro as Dr. Wally basedOn Marvin's Room (play)
Jerry Zaks basedOn Marvin's Room (play)
Marvin's Room (play) workHasTitle Marvin's Room (play) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Marvin's Room
Bessie appearsIn Marvin's Room (play)
Hank appearsIn Marvin's Room (play)
this entity surface form: Marvin's Room
Scott McPherson notableWork Marvin's Room (play)
this entity surface form: Marvin's Room
Scott McPherson basedOn Marvin's Room (play)
subject surface form: Marvin's Room (1996 film)
this entity surface form: Marvin's Room