"Decibels."

Title"Decibels."
Year for Search1976
AuthorsHale, John [Barry](b. 1926)
Secondary AuthorsDurband, Alan
Secondary TitlePrompt Three: Five short modern plays
Pagination47-63
Date Published1976
PublisherHutchinson of London
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Overpopulation dystopia where noise is a constant. To have a child, someone must die with voluntary euthanasia encouraged, and there are regulations on how much space a person can occupy.

Info Notes

The play was first produced at the Everyman in Liverpool, England in 1969. 

Holding Institutions

AzU

Author Note

(b. 1926)

Full Text

1976 Hale, John [Barry] (b. 1926). “Decibels.” Prompt Three: Five short modern plays. Ed. Alan Durband (London: Hutchinson of London, 1976), 47-63. The play was first produced at the Everyman in Liverpool, England in 1969. AzU

Overpopulation dystopia where noise is a constant. To have a child, someone must die, voluntary euthanasia encouraged, and there are regulations on how much space a person can occupy.