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  1. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a 1967 play by the English playwright Peter Nichols, first staged at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, before transferring to the Comedy Theatre in London's West End.

    • Peter Nichols
    • 1967
  2. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a 1972 British black comedy film directed by Peter Medak, and starring Alan Bates and Janet Suzman. It is based on the play of the same name by Peter Nichols.

  3. Jun 4, 1972 · A 1972 comedy drama film based on a play by Peter Nichols, starring Alan Bates and Janet Suzman as a couple coping with a severely disabled daughter. The film explores their dark humor, emotional trauma and marital crisis through flashbacks and fantasies.

    • (585)
    • Comedy, Drama
    • Peter Medak
    • 1972-06-04
  4. Married couple Bri (Alan Bates) and Sheila (Janet Suzman) have a daughter named Josephine (Elizabeth Robillard) who was born with severe cerebral palsy. Although the wheelchair-bound Jo is unable...

    • (3)
    • Peter Medak
    • R
    • Alan Bates
  5. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg explores the day to day life of a normal family raising their only child, Joe, who is severely disabled. She has cerebral palsy and has been unable to communicate in any way since birth. She uses a wheelchair and has frequent, increasingly debilitating seizures.

  6. Based on a Peter Nichols play, Peter Medak's 'A Day in the Death of Joe Egg' is an intelligent pitch black humored morality piece concerning a couple Bri & Sheila who are faced with the difficulties of raising their vegetative-state handicapped daughter Jo.

  7. Oct 2, 2019 · A comedy about a couple caring for a severely disabled daughter in the 1960s, based on the playwright's own experience. The Arts Desk praises the sharp production, the brilliant cast and the play's theatrical devices.