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“The teenager, the bride to be, the exhausted young mother, the lonely widow . . . they are funny and often touching in these four monologues deftly written by Joanna Murray-Smith. Little gems, as observant as anything in Alan Bennet’s Talking Heads—and considerably less static.”—Guardian
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About the Author
Joanna Murray-Smith is the author of Honour, a painful play about the ravages of adultery, which was a huge hit with Eileen Atkins and Corin Redgrave at the National Theatre in 1995, Many more of her plays have been staged in her native Australia. She is also a novelist.
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"'...Little gems, as observant as anything in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads - and considerably less static... Beautifully judged in their mixture of comedy and depression' Guardian"
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- PublisherNick Hern Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1854598503
- ISBN 13 9781854598509
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
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