51�Թ�

"It was a question of, somehow managing the crisis and trusting the medical profession to make the right decisions," adds Max, Alice's stepfather.

Her stepfather Max Figueiredo said it was a question of managing her illness and "trusting the medical profession to make the right decisions".

Jong-Fast, an acclaimed journalist, was also faced with her husband’s cancer diagnosis and her stepfather’s worsening Parkinson’s disease.

Her outrageous request is granted after she dances the dance of the seven veils for her besotted stepfather, in a play that careens into multiple taboos under biblical cover.

Rossi was the name of his stepfather, who at the time was Rhode Island's premiere Engelbert Humperdinck impersonator.