![]() ![]() ![]() Lil' Bit was played by Mary-Louise Parker who had enjoyed huge success in the years preceding the role on screen in movies such as Fried Green Tomatoes and The Client. The play premiered at the Vineyard Theater, off-Broadway, on May 6, 1997, later moving to the Century Center for the Performing Arts, where it closed a year later. Vogel's goal was to entice an audience to the theater who would not normally consider attending a play about child molestation or incest, and to plant seeds of thought and discussion whilst they were there. ![]() Vogel's unlikely inspiration for the play was Humbert Humbert, the antagonist in the controversial Nabokov play Lolita, whom she was surprised to discover she felt rather a lot of sympathy for because to her, at least, he seemed to be hugely misunderstood. It tells the story of Li'l Bit and her Uncle Peck through early adolescence to post-college and uses learning to drive as a metaphor for their inappropriate sexual relationship. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Īmerican playwright Paula Vogel received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her 1997 play, How I Learned to Drive. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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