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Written by | Beth Henley |
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Date premiered | 1979 |
Place premiered | Actors Theatre of Louisville |
Original language | English |
Genre | Black comedy |
Setting | Hazelhurst, Mississippi |
Crimes of the Heart is a play by American playwright Beth Henley. It is set in Hazlehurst, Mississippi in the mid-20th century. The play won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. In 1986, the play was novelized and released as a book, written by Claudia Reilly.[1]