Sex Therapy: A Play

The comic and the tragic, sanity and insanity merge in this microscopic representation of a nightmare city in the dynamics of a therapy group. Strange and sensuous, this play is imbued with caustic wit and irreverence toward the status quo of postmodern society and its telfonic psychotherapeutic establishment. Mary Melfi takes a whimsical look at the relationship between a group therapist and his patients, exploring the nature of their shared intimacies. When one of the patients makes a bold attempt to seduce the therapist, delightful complications arise. The theft of an antiquarian Roman doll implicating therapist and patients alike further challenges our traditional ideas about doctor/patient roles and expectations. Melfi's intense, lyric, occasionally prophetic language produces a rich, magic texture of strong words and funny, bittersweet imagery and action. Whether on stage or on the printed page, Sex Therapy is a work easy to enjoy and hard to forget.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Melfi
• Publisher: Guernica Ed
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1996
• EAN: 9781550710359
• ISBN: 978-1-55071-035-9
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 112 mm x 189 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 118 g
• Series: Drama (Guernica)
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama