Milk and Gall (Paperback)

Mathilde Dratwa

ISBN 10: 1839040521 / ISBN 13: 9781839040528

Published by Nick Hern Books, London, 2021

About this Item

Paperback. It's Presidential Election Night 2016. As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton go head to head, the entire world holds its breath. Except for Vera, who has to focus on her breathing. She's in hospital, giving birth to a baby boy and she has no idea that America has just lost its mind.Over the course of one unfathomable year, personal and political spheres collide, pushing Vera beyond the point of exhaustion. While everyone else is out marching, she's at home stuck to a breast pump.Mathilde Dratwa's Milk and Gall is a funny, surreal play reflecting the experience of being a new mother under Trump. It was a finalist for the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award and premiered at Theatre503, London, in 2021, directed by Artistic Director Lisa Spirling.'A striking debut with a wonderfully confident, surreal swagger to it' Guardian'Mathilde Dratwa is the real deal. Her debut play is a riot. daringly imaginative and blackly funny. announces a unique new talent with a bang' Evening Standard'Zippy, playful and often laugh-out-loud funny. an uncommonly sharp piece of writing' Time Out'Hilarious. an impressive debut. The gag rate is thrilling. It's a hoot from start to finish' The Stage'A searingly unsentimental look at 21st century parenting in the big city, mining plenty of laughs along the way' Arts Desk A funny, surreal play reflecting the experience of being a new mother under Trump. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Milk and Gall (Paperback)
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books, London
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1839040521
• ISBN 13: 9781839040528
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

It's Presidential Election Night 2016. As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton go head to head, the entire world holds its breath. Except for Vera, who has to focus on her breathing. She's in hospital, giving birth to a baby boy – and she has no idea that America has just lost its mind.

Over the course of one unfathomable year, personal and political spheres collide, pushing Vera beyond the point of exhaustion. While everyone else is out marching, she's at home stuck to a breast pump.

Mathilde Dratwa's Milk and Gall is a funny, surreal play reflecting the experience of being a new mother under Trump. 

About the Author

Mathilde Dratwa is a playwright and screenwriter. Originally from Belgium, she lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Her plays include Milk and Gall, Dirty Laundry and A Play about David Mamet Writing a Play about Harvey Weinstein.

She is the co-founder of Moms-in-Film, which, among other things, provided free childcare to filmmaker-parents at SXSW and Sundance. She is a graduate of Cambridge University and Drama Centre London.