Crimes of the Heart

Crimes of the Heart
Original Broadway poster
Written by	Beth Henley
Characters	Babe Botrelle Meg Magrath Lenny Magrath Barnette Lloyd Doc Porter Chick Boyle
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]