Shoot Me When and The Father: Dementia as Romantic Comedy and Trickster Tragedy by Jonathan Mandell

Five years ago, when Florian Zeller's "The Father" debuted on Broadway, Frank Langella portrayed the fifth character I'd seen that year on a New York stage who was struggling with dementia.  I thought of these five plays this week while watching Anthony Hopkins' Oscar-winning portrayal of the Langella character in the movie adaptation of Zeller's play,...

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