The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds is a Pulitzer Prize–winning stage play by Paul Zindel that explores the turbulent life of a dysfunctional family through the science experiments of a gifted teenage girl.

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instanceOf drama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
adaptedInto The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (film) ⓘ
antagonist Beatrice Hunsdorfer ⓘ
author Paul Zindel ⓘ
awardReceived New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play ⓘ
Obie Award ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
broadwayVenue Ethel Barrymore Theatre ⓘ
character Janice Vickery ⓘ
Nanny ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dramaticForm two-act play ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Paul Newman ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar Joanne Woodward ⓘ
Nell Potts ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Houston, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Houston
firstPerformanceVenue Alley Theatre ⓘ
genre family drama ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
realist drama ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Beatrice Hunsdorfer ⓘ
Ruth Hunsdorfer ⓘ
Tillie Hunsdorfer ⓘ
motif marigolds ⓘ
radiation experiments ⓘ
notableFor intense mother-daughter conflict ⓘ
portrayal of a gifted teenage girl using science as escape ⓘ
originalMedium theatre ⓘ
protagonist Tillie Hunsdorfer ⓘ
publisher Dramatists Play Service ⓘ
setting Hunsdorfer family home ⓘ
Staten Island, New York ⓘ
linked to: Staten Island
subject abuse ⓘ
adolescence ⓘ
dysfunctional family ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
science experiments ⓘ
theme hope versus despair ⓘ
impact of environment on growth ⓘ
mother-daughter relationships ⓘ
power of education ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
writer Paul Zindel ⓘ

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Joanne Woodward → notableWork → The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds ⓘ
Sudie Bond → notableWork → The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds ⓘ
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds → adaptedInto → The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (film) ⓘ
linked to: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds