Misery is a Broadway production based on Stephen King's acclaimed novel of the same name. Adapted for the stage by Academy Award winner William Goldman, the play tells the harrowing tale of a prolific novelist who survives an almost fatal car accident, only to wake up in the home of a stranger who describes herself as his number one fan. As she nurses him back to health, her obsession for his work intensifies to violent levels and he soon realizes he must escape or lose his life.