The Commitment of Joseph Cain

From American History X

Figures - Joseph - A young man, age 21, intelligent but delusional; Cadence - Joseph's mother, a small woman in her early forties; Adam - Cadence's father, a stubborn retiree in his late-sixties; Doctor - Joseph's middle-aged psychiatrist, good-humoured but always professional. Scene - Front Lobby, Deliverance County Mental Hospital, September 11, 1999, 7:30 p.m. Note - This is written as a one-act play. Each Fragment represents a different episode of the action, while each Division is Joseph's words. These Divisions should be incorporated as narrative voice-overs from an invisible source while all onstage action is 'frozen.' Fragment I Internal Divisions Fragment II External Divisions Fragment III External Creations Fragment IV Internal Creations Fragment V

Good morning, don't cop out. You crawled from the cancer to land on your feet. Are you crazy to want this even for awhile? We're making this shit up - the reasons for being are easy to pay. You can't remember the others; they just kind of went away. Matthew Good Band, 'Strange Days,' Beautiful Midnight

The End Ascent Body Cain Blood Omega Mind Descent Ego

Conventional Chaos

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