Talking Heads

Play :: show/work:S5191, production/tour:T1867563480

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9 Feb 99 to 13 Mar 99

Talking Heads Play :: listing:L2008759170, production:T1867563480, show:S5191, venue: V733

The Watermill Theatre Newbury Berkshire

Details

A series of monologues, funny and poignant, normally from two to four of these would be performed at a time. A Cream Cracker Under The Settee tells of an old woman who has a fall, but her pride doesn't allow her to accept help. Bed Among the Lentils tells of a woman with a drink problem, married to a vicar who exploits her recovery actually caused by an affair with an Indian shopkeeper. A Lady of Letters is the story of a woman obsessed with writing letters of complaint and reporting her neighbours who eventually finds comfort in prison. Soldiering On is the tale of a well-to-do woman who finds one day that she's a widow and her husband has left her ill equipped to handle her own affairs - and her son loses her money in bad investments. A Cream Cracker Under the Settee, A Woman of No Importance, Her Big Chance
Performers Janet Brown, Patricia England, Sophie Lawrence. Author Alan Bennett. Director Euan Smith. Design Fred Meller.