YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING PLAYSCRIPT

'THIS HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 30, 2003. THAT MAY SEEM A WHILE AGO BUT IT WON'T WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU..., IN THIS ADAPTATION OF HER AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING MEMOIR, JOAN DIDION TRANSFORMS THE STORY OF THE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF HER HUSBAND AND THEIR ONLY DAUGHTER INTO A STUNNING AND POWERFUL ONE-WOMAN PLAY. THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF 'THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING,, STARRING VANESSA REDGRAVE AND DIRECTED BY DAVID HARE, WAS A RUNAWAY HIT ON BROADWAY IN 2007. THE SAME PRODUCTION IS TRANSFERRING TO THE NATIONAL THEATRE FROM APRIL TO JULY 2008.