Bosoms and Neglect

Bosoms and Neglect
Written by	John Guare
Date premiered	1979
Place premiered	Goodman Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Original language	English
Genre	Black comedy
Setting	Henny's apartment, Deirdre's apartment, and Henny's hospital room.

Bosoms and Neglect is a play by American playwright John Guare, first staged in 1979 at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Bosoms and Neglect opened on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre on May 3, 1979, where it ran for 4 performances. Direction was by Mel Shapiro, scenery by John Wulp, and costumes by Willa Kim. The cast included Kate Reid (Henny), Paul Rudd (Scooper), and Marian Mercer (Deirdre). For her performance, Kate Reid was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play.

The play had premiered in a limited engagement at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, that opened on March 1, 1979.

A revised version was presented at the New York Theatre Workshop on March 26, 1986. Directed by Larry Arrick, the cast starred Anne Meara (henny), Richard Cavanaugh, and April Shawhan.

The play opened Off-Broadway, produced by the Signature Theatre Company at The Peter Norton Space on December 1, 1998 and closed on January 10, 1999. The play was directed by Nicholas Martin, with fight director Rick Sordelet, set design by James Noone, costume design by Gail Brassard, lighting design by Frances Aaronson, and sound design by Red Ramona. The cast starred David Aaron Baker (Scooper), Katie Finneran (Deidre), and Mary Louise Wilson (Henny). The production was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play.

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