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Joe Egg

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Bri, a teacher, and his wife Sheila have a daughter with severe disabilities (spastic, multiplegic, cortex damage...) jokingly referred to as Joe Egg. She's ten, in a wheelchair, and can't say much beyond 'Aaaah!'. The play is a day in their life.

It starts off with Bri yelling at his students (in the theatre it's the audience). He comes home, has some tea, tries to interest Sheila in some bedroom activity. Joe is brought home and they playfully tend to her, talking as if she's a different child. It's funny and sad at the same time.

As the day goes along friends and family come over and we get a peek at what life is like for these people. Towards the end of the day Bri has trouble keeping it together and he considers ways of changing his situation.

Side note -
In the beginning of the book it's noted that in the American premiere Albert Finney played Bri. As I read the play I could totally see it. Finney has the right mix of serious and funny to play the character and set the tone for the production.