All the Drama: Playwright Beth Henley on “Crimes of the Heart,” 1981 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: "Crimes of the Heart"
1981 Pulitzer winner “Crimes of the Heart”, by Beth Henley

Crimes of the Heart Wikipedida page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_of_the_Heart

Beth Henley Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Henley

Beth Henley Collected Plays Volume I: 1980-1989
https://www.amazon.com/Beth-Henley-Collected-Plays-1980-1989/dp/1575252589/

“Beth Henley's 'Crimes of the Heart,'” review of the original production by Frank Rich, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/05/theater/the-theater-beth-henley-s-crimes-of-the-heart.html

“Three Sisters,” review of the 2008 revival by Hilton Als, The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/02/25/three-sisters-2

“AM I BLUE: 40 Years Later, a One-Act Play by Beth Henley Returns to SMU” by Ally Van Deuren
https://www.smu.edu/meadows/newsandevents/news/2014/140326-amibluereturnstosmu

“Crimes of the Heart” movie
https://www.amazon.com/Crimes-Heart-Diane-Keaton/dp/B00GJFDVRY/

“Conversations with Beth Henley,” edited by by Jackson R. Bryer and Mary C. Hartig
https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Beth-Henley-Literary-ebook/dp/B0BY3BF6F8/

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Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.