"I am my own creation and it is generally agreed that I have made a very good job of it" (Handbag). Twenty-eight years before The Importance of Being Earnest, a young woman gives birth to a baby boy. Is it an accident when Nanny places him in a handbag and her unpublished novel into the pram? In 1998, a new baby is stolen and an academic discovers an unpublished novel of more than usually revolting sentimentality. From Victorian wet nurses to 90s sperm banks, Mark Ravenhill's play examines the role of parenting in an age of diverse sexuality's, biological engineering and Tinky Winky's handbag.| 2 Dec 98 to 5 Dec 98 | Unity Theatre Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 1 Dec 98 | Arts Centre Rotherham, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 26 Nov 98 to 28 Nov 98 | Sherman Theatre Cardiff, Glamorgan Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 24 Nov 98 to 25 Nov 98 | Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre Taunton, Somerset Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 12 Nov 98 to 14 Nov 98 | Warwick Arts Centre Coventry, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 10 Nov 98 to 11 Nov 98 | Stahl Theatre Oundle, Northamptonshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 6 Nov 98 to 7 Nov 98 | Gardner Arts Centre Brighton, East Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 5 Nov 98 | Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre Tunbridge Wells, Kent Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 2 Nov 98 to 4 Nov 98 | Theatre Royal Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 29 Oct 98 to 31 Oct 98 | Rose Theatre Kidderminster, Worcestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 27 Oct 98 to 28 Oct 98 | Anglia Ruskin Drama Studio Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 22 Oct 98 to 24 Oct 98 | MacRobert Arts Centre Stirling Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 20 Oct 98 to 21 Oct 98 | Lancaster Arts Lancaster, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 17 Oct 98 | University of Bedfordshire Theatre (formerly the Bowen West Theatre) Bedford, Bedfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 15 Oct 98 to 16 Oct 98 | Stamford Arts Centre Stamford, Lincolnshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 13 Oct 98 to 14 Oct 98 | Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 9 Sep 98 to 10 Oct 98 | Lyric Hammersmith Theatre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
