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Production still for "The Sick Room". L-R: Asher Keddie as Kate Alexander, Celia de Burgh as Megan Alexander. Photographer: Jeff Busby

The Sick Room

By Stephen Sewell

05 March 1999 – 27 March 1999 Merlyn Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company,

New Writing Theatre World Premiere

Stephen Sewell's play brings together three generations of a family under one roof to care for a terminally ill teenager. It examines the state of the nation and the price we pay for success and affluence.

Production still for "The Sick Room". L-R: Gerald Lepkowski as Mr Hilbert, Rhys McConnochie as David Prentice. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Sick Room". L-R: Celia de Burgh as Megan Alexander, Oscar Redding as Jason Alexander, Peter Curtin as Paul Alexander. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Sick Room". L-R: Celia de Burgh as Megan Alexander, Asher Keddie as Kate Alexander. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Sick Room". Beverley Dunn as Cecilia. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Sick Room". L-R: Gerald Lepkowski as Mr Hilbert, Rhys McConnochie as David Prentice. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Sick Room". L-R: Celia de Burgh as Megan Alexander, Oscar Redding as Jason Alexander, Peter Curtin as Paul Alexander. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Sick Room". L-R: Celia de Burgh as Megan Alexander, Asher Keddie as Kate Alexander. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Sick Room". Beverley Dunn as Cecilia. Photographer: Jeff Busby