My Mother Said I Never Should (Student Editions)

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Katie Brayben, Olivier Award winner last year for her performance as Carole King in Beautiful, plays Jackie, and manages to portray a wild child of the sixties to a mother parted from her daughter and the complexities of changing emotions and relationships. Whether you’re looking for a great night out, a day to remember, to refine your scriptwriting skills, or tread the boards as part of Sheffield People’s Theatre. It holds the distinction of being the most performed play in the English language written by a woman.

She captures the snobbery of an old-style teacher who makes “polytechnic” sound like a form of social degradation. JD – Audiences initially are unsure what it’s going to be like, and I think there might be some concern that they’re not going to get it but we have got a lot of access elements in there, and I think that once they’ve tuned in - you can tell from the laughter, there’s a lot of laughs in it - that they are enjoying it. In this version, fingersmiths also suggests how the lives of deaf women have changed over several generations, adding a new dimension to a much-produced play. A: Charlotte Keatley Pf: 1987, Manchester Pb: 1988 G: Drama in 3 acts S: Manchester, Oldham, and London, 1940–87 C: 4fThe play focuses on four generations of mothers and daughters: Doris Partington, born 1900; Margaret Bradley; born 1931; Jackie Metcalfe, born 1952; Rosie Metcalfe, born 1971. As the play opens in the Wasteland, as Charlotte Keatley describes it, we are introduced to four young girls playing games, singing songs and, more disturbingly deciding to kill mummy.

The next scene shows Doris as a grandmother with Jackie, Margaret's daughter; now affectionate and lenient, by contrast to her relationship with Margaret.

Humorously and compassionately, the play explores the emotional inheritance each woman receives from the other . The family drama spans 1940 to 1987 and four generations of women, and explores not only the personal dynamics at play, but those of society and its effect work, marriage and motherhood. Elizabeth Holland, travelling incidentally from Todmorden, is to be congratulated for bringing this special play so vividly to life. My Mother Said I Never Should is a play that has not only stood the test of time, but continues to be extremely popular. That’s beautiful, the best: when a play adds to someone’s understanding of life; much more important than prizes or fame.It’s a timeless and universal play and, unbelievably, it’s the most performed play ever by a female playwright.

And it’s both funny and moving, so it’s a play that makes us react – either acting in it or watching it. Serena Manteghi is vibrant and animated as the youngest character, and it’s touching to see her grow. All include links to web pages where you can listen to recordings, hear the tune or watch a video performance. This is still a pivotal decision in women’s lives: look how media comment on whether women politicians, Olympic athletes, film stars, company managers etc have children or not, how they manage that or not.She also wrote the screenplay to 'Falling Slowly', for Channel 4 television, and the children's drama, 'Badger', for Granada television. As parents we wrestle with how much of our own value system to pass on, and are confronted with what we’ve made of our lives, when we bring up a child, or choose not to. Richmond Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath, Derby Theatre, Yvonne Arnaud Guildford, Devonshire Park Theatre Eastbourne, Blackpool Grand, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Malvern Festival Theatre, Theatr Clwyd, York Theatre Royal. Then try your scenes in a room with some actors, or friends – you have to see a play aloud and in action if you want to know if it works. But it was amazing – you could feel how much the audience were gripped: something bigger than all of us burst into life; I’ve met people who still remember it.

his play is about the diicult relationships between mothers and daughters and eplores the themes o independence2 growing up and secrets.

ollowing its publication in 19882 it has been studied as an A;le%el set tet or a number o years and has subseuently been translated into "" languages. Interspersed with movement through the decades are flashbacks, such as from Doris to 1923 when Jack proposed, and waste ground scenes where all four become children again, playing together and casting spells. LK – Yeah, and I think with hearing people, they would probably like portray via the tone of voice and with volume and things like that but because we’re deaf and we rely on visuals of everything that we like play in a visual way - more than hearing people. Liberated from their relationship to men, this is a provocative exploration of the formation of the female identity in conflict with the sweeping social changes of 20th century England.