A Kind of Alaska

A Kind of Alaska

Dec. 16, 1984

A masterly study of a middle-aged woman waking up after 30 years passed in a coma induced by sleeping sickness. In her mind she is still 16, and her attempts to fathom the changed world into which she re-emerges is not only poignant and emotionally charged but, in the end, devastatingly brilliant theatre as well.

A Kind of Alaska

Dec. 16, 1984

A Kind of Alaska
A masterly study of a middle-aged woman waking up after 30 years passed in a coma induced by sleeping sickness. In her mind she is still 16, and her attempts to fathom the changed world into which she re-emerges is not only poignant and emotionally charged but, in the end, devastatingly brilliant theatre as well.
Producers
Original title A Kind of Alaska
Directors Kenneth Ives
Writers Harold Pinter

Cast

Paul Scofield

as Dr. Hornby