One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest tableau

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest tableau

David E. Lucas

March, 1991 circa

A scene from the story written by Ken Kesey in 1962. The main characters are: Randle McMurphy, Nurse Ratched, Chief Bromden, Billy Bibbitt and Dale Harding. Through a window, view of a nurse's station with medications on shelves. There is a lamp on the table and a clock on the wall. An orderly stands in front of a door to the left of the nurse's station. Patients are gathered in a community area. Metal chairs and a rocking chair are arranged by the wall and to the side, leaving an open space in the center. A man and a woman walk across center stage together. The woman is wearing a white shirt, a red necklace and sweater, and denim pants tucked into her boots. The man is wearing a black knitted cap, a red kerchief around his neck, a white shirt, jeans and dark shoes. Five patients stand and watch the couple. One has a broom. Three patients hold unidentified items in their hands. One patient is wearing a brown bath robe. Another patient wearing a yellow Tee shirt is kneeling. The audience is visible at the edges of the stage.

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