Children of a Lesser God (1986 Randa Haines)

Mark Medoff's play - adapted by he and Hesper Anderson - only works through having (virtually) every bit of signing also spoken, which is sort of justified by the approach but makes it a little artificial and hard work - there's too much going on in dialogue and could have been more visually told. Still, William Hurt is as excellent as ever and Marlee Matlin also outstanding - she won the Oscar, but they always give it to the disabled character.

John Seale's photography is very handsome and Michael Convertino's music good.