Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?

Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?

90 mins | May 22, 1974

Five mothers sit anxiously in a hospital waiting room to reunite with their children, who have been participating in an experimental procedure for two months. Tension drives the action in Marsha Sheiness's play, which takes its title from an obscure nursery rhyme and never reveals the true nature of the experiment.

Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?

90 mins | May 22, 1974

Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?
Five mothers sit anxiously in a hospital waiting room to reunite with their children, who have been participating in an experimental procedure for two months. Tension drives the action in Marsha Sheiness's play, which takes its title from an obscure nursery rhyme and never reveals the true nature of the experiment.
Producers Thirteen, Public Broadcasting Service, KQED
Original title Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?
Directors Harold Scott, Peter Levin
Writers Marsha Sheiness

Cast

Diane Danzi

as Anna Luther

Rosemary De Angelis

as Louise Amber

Jean De Baer

as Betty Todd

Helene Friedman

as Nurse

Deloris Gaskins

as Nancy Evans

Peggy Kirkpatrick

as Bonnie Lewis

Dino Shorte

as Chauffeur