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Doubt, A Parable is a dramatic stage play written by American playwright John Patrick Shanley. Originally staged off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club on November 23, 2004, the production transferred to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in March 2005 and closed on July 2, 2006 after 525 performances and 25 previews.
- John Patrick Shanley
- 2004
Feb 23, 2024 · Set at a Bronx parish school in 1964, it follows the growing suspicion of the principal, Sister Aloysius, that a young teacher, Father Flynn, has sexually abused a young student, and traces her...
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And as for the truth of the matter? As Father Flynn says, "Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.” In stunning prose, John Patrick Shanley delves into the murky shadows of moral certainty, his characters always balancing on the thin line between truth and consequences.
Jul 9, 2019 · "Doubt" is a drama written by John Patrick Shanley. It is about a strict nun who believes that a priest has done something terribly inappropriate to one of the students.
- Wade Bradford
John Patrick Shanley based the character of Sister James on Margaret McEntee, who was his teacher in Catholic school. McEntee later worked as the technical advisor for the film adaptation of Doubt.
Doubt: A Parable is a 2005 play by John Patrick Shanley that analyzes an instance of doubt and suspicion in a Catholic school in the Bronx in the 1960s.
