"Hot Ice"
| Title | "Hot Ice" |
| Year for Search | 1974 |
| Authors | Ludlam, Charles [Braun](1943-97) |
| Secondary Title | The Drama Review |
| Volume / Edition | 18.2 |
| Pagination | 87-102 |
| Date Published | June 1974 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopian satire in which all illness, deformity, and obesity is illegal and the Euthanasia Police control population by arresting such people and putting them to death and encouraging suicide. The play is primarily concerned with those trying to prolong life through freezing themselves to be resuscitated later. |
| Info Notes | Play first performed in New York in February 1974. |
| Author Note | (1943-97) |
| Full Text | 1974 Ludlam, Charles [Braun] (1943-97). “Hot Ice.” The Drama Review 18.2 (June 1974): 87-102. Play first performed in New York in February 1974. Dystopian satire in which all illness, deformity, and obesity is illegal and the Euthanasia Police control population by arresting such people and putting them to death and encouraging suicide. The play is primarily concerned with those trying to prolong life through freezing themselves to be resuscitated later. |
