'night, Mother
Dramasuicideparent child relationshipepilepsypulitzer prizemelancholybased on play or musicalepilepticmother daughter relationship
An unflinching, claustrophobic chamber piece about a mother and daughter's final night together, built entirely on the tension between love and the daughter's inexorable decision to end her life.
A mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.
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