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My Mother Said I Never Should

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w

Charlotte Keatley

"A warm, poignant elegy about growing up, growing old and growing or not growing wise. It's about debts and responsibilities; the grim burden of puritan inheritance; and how it takes generations to learn about the value of real feeling." - London Sunday Times

My Mother Said I Never Should

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary
This award winning play is about four generations of women growing up in England during this century.
History

My Mother Said I Never Should premiered at the Contact Theatre in Manchester in February 1987 under the direction of Brigid Larmour.

Cast Attributes
DORIS PARTINGTON
MARGARET BRADLEY
JACKIE METCALFE
ROSIE METCALFE
  • Time Period 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s / WWII
  • Setting Manchester, Oldham, and London.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

Media

REVIEWS

"A warm, poignant elegy about growing up, growing old and growing or not growing wise. It's about debts and responsibilities; the grim burden of puritan inheritance; and how it takes generations to learn about the value of real feeling." - London Sunday Times

"Both demanding and rewarding in its complexity." - London Independent

"Humorously and compassionately, the play explores the emotional inheritance each woman receives from the other ... unpeeling the characters to their bones, on occasions with such intensity that I cried." - London Guardian

"Totally engrossing, warm, funny, [and] human.... Ms. Keatley refuses to preach about a woman's nature and her place in the world." - Manchester England News

"Like Caryl Churchill's Top Girls, this is a play which will influence the next generation of writers." - City Limits

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $130 per performance

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Authors

Author

Charlotte Keatley

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