Two Small Bodies (play)

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Two Small Bodies
Written by Neal Bell
CharactersEileen Maloney
Lt. Brann
Date premiered1977 [1]
Place premiered Playwrights Horizons [1]
Original language English
Genre Thriller
SettingIn and around the apartment of Eileen Maloney

Two Small Bodies is an American 1977 two-character thriller play by Neal Bell. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

A strip club hostess' two children are missing and she is questioned by a police lieutenant for days when he suspects she murdered them.

Film

The play was adapted into the 1993 film Two Small Bodies by director Beth B and starring Fred Ward and Suzy Amis. [4] [5]

Background

The play was inspired by the Alice Crimmins 1960s murder trial. [6] [7]

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References

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