The Play of Flowers for Algernon

This is a powerful dramatization of Daniel Keye’s perceptive and sad novel. Charlie is a retarded adult who desperately wants to be able to read and write. He undergoes a brain operation which increases his intelligence. Yet such an operation begs many questions – can Charlie’s emotional development keep pace with the intellectual?

How do the psychiatrists and psychologists view Charlie – as a man or as the subject of an experiment like the mouse, Algernon? And the biggest question of all – will the operation be successful?

Flowers for Algernon will deeply impact any thinking person with its layers of nuance regarding the human condition and the effect of how things play out for …