Synopsis

Jessie's father is dead; her loveless marriage ended in divorce; her last job didn't work out and her life is stale and unprofitable. As the play begins Jessie asks for her father's service revolver and calmly announces that she intends to kill herself. Her mother refuses to take her seriously, but as Jessie sets about tidying the house and making lists of things to be looked after, her sense of desperate helplessness begins to build. Jessie's mother can only stand by, stunned, as Jessie quietly closes and locks her bedroom door and ends her profound unhappiness in one fatal, stunning, and deeply disturbing moment.