The Death of a Miner

The Death of a Miner

The Death of a Miner

The Death of a Miner

Overview

This engrossing, cinematically structured drama is about a female coal miner who dies in a mining accident. The play explores the difficulty she encounters in trying to make a living in such a male dominated profession, the difficulties her husband faces in having a wife with such an unusual job, and ultimately the reasons for her death.

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  • Caution Intense Adult Intense Adult Themes

Authors

Paula Cizmar

Paula Cizmar is a playwright whose work has been produced from Maine to California; her plays combine poetry and politics and are concerned with the way stories get told in a culture—and with who gets left out of the discussion.  The Death of a Miner, her first full-length pl ...
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