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The Winter Wife

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 1m

Claire Tomalin

"An excellent play." - London Sunday Telegraph

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 1m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Biography, Period

Details

Summary
This stage biography of gifted short-story writer Katherine Mansfield is set in the tuberculosis sanitarium where she went with her devoted companion, Ida Baker, to regain her health over the winter of 1920-21. The play focuses on the relationship between these two ladies and on this important literary figure’s sensibilities as a writer and a woman, while revealing harsh truths about her marriage to a writer and critic who treated her with selfish insensitivity.
History

The Winter Wife premiered at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton, UK in February 1991 under the direction of Patrick Sandford.

KATHERINE MANSFIELD - 31 
IDA CONSTANCE BAKER - 32
DR. BOUCHAGE - 35 
MARIE - about 50

  • Time Period 1920s
  • Setting Several locations. 1920.
  • Features Period Costumes

Media

REVIEWS

"An excellent play." - London Sunday Telegraph

"Most biographical dramas make one wish one had stayed home and read the book, but not this one." - London Daily Telegraph

"Elegant [...] exquisite [...] a compelling study of feverish genius forced to admit dependence on someone who will never pronounce Avignon correctly." - London Times

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

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Authors

Author

Claire Tomalin

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