Brimstone and Treacle is a 1976 play by Dennis Potter which is best known via adaptations as a 1976 BBC television play and a 1982 film co-starring Sting.
The play follows the fortunes of a middle-aged middle-class couple living in a North London suburb. Their life has been catastrophically affected by a hit-and-run accident which has left their beautiful undergraduate daughter in a coma, but their existence is dramatically changed by the arrival...
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Brimstone and Treacle is a 1976 play by Dennis Potter which is best known via adaptations as a 1976 BBC television play and a 1982 film co-starring Sting.
The play follows the fortunes of a middle-aged middle-class couple living in a North London suburb. Their life has been catastrophically affected by a hit-and-run accident which has left their beautiful undergraduate daughter in a coma, but their existence is dramatically changed by the arrival of a mysterious young stranger.
For a couple of years, Tom and Amy Bates have been struggling to cope with their transformed lives, after their daughter Pattie (or Patricia) has been severely injured in a hit-and-run accident. Pattie is strapped down to the living-room sofa, unable to wash or eat by herself or talk, merely uttering unintelligible sounds. Although poorly-educated and gullible, Amy Bates firmly believes that Pattie is able to understand what is being said in her presence, whereas Tom Bates has given up all hope of her recovery:...
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