Marjorie Prime - Consortium

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2015 Pulitzer Prize Finalist It's the age of artificial intelligence and eighty-five-year-old Marjorie -- a jumble of disparate fading memories -- has a handsome new companion who's programmed to feed the story of her life back to her. What would ... This item is Returnable Additional Information BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - Performing Arts | Theater | General - Drama | Type | Tragedy LC Subjects: -Moral and ethical aspects -Memory -Aging -Death -Drama -Technology INGRAM Categories: - Topical | Death/Dying Dewey: 812.6 LC Call Number: PS3608.A78348 Physical Info: 0.38 cms H x 20.32 cms L x 12.7 cms W (0.08 kgs) 70 pages Carton Quantity: 116 Number of Units in Package: 1 Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. Brief Description: "It's the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie -- a jumble of disparate, fading memories, has a handsome new companion who's programmed to feed the story of her life back to her. What would we remember, and what would we forget, if given the chance? In this richly spare, wondrous new play, Jordan Harrison explores the mysteries of human identity and the limits, ifany of what technology can replace"--Back cove