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Women Behind Bars
Play written by Tom Eyen
This article is about the 1975 play.
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For the 1975 film directed by Jesús Franco, see Jesús Franco.
Women Behind Bars is a campblack comedy play by Tom Eyen, parodying the prison exploitation films produced by Universal, Warner Bros. and Republic Pictures during the 1950s.
Plot
Set in the Women's House of Detention in Greenwich Village, there is, among the range of women, an innocent young woman, a chain-smoking street-wise tough girl, and a delicate Southern belle reminiscent of Blanche DuBois.
The innocent was framed by her husband on a charge of armed robbery, and is brutalized, betrayed and sexually assaulted throughout her eight-year sentence.
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She is ultimately broken by the system and leaves jail as a hard-edged, gum-chomping drug dealer. These women are overseen by the prison's sadistic matron and her henchman.
Productions
Original 1975 production
The original production at the off-BroadwayAstor Place Theatre ope