My Mother Said I Never Should
by Charlotte Keatley

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Synopsis

My Mother Said I Never Should follows the story of four generations of women, a great-grand-daughter a daughter, a mother and a grandmother, grappling with social forces that threaten to split them apart as the twentieth century grows older.

Widely studied on Drama syllabuses the play moves back and forth through the lives of the women, it sets the enormous social changes of this century against the needs of the individual.

It premiered in 1987 at the Contact theatre in Manchester and was subsequently presented in 1989 at the Royal Court Theatre in London.

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 4 total roles, 4 female roles.

Publication

Publisher
Methuen
Year Published
1997
ISBN 10
0413716104
ISBN 13
9780413716101
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
112 pages
Language
English
LCCN
97020254
LCC
PR6061.E273 M9 1997
Print
My Mother Said I Never Should is a British play written by and published by Methuen in 1997. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780413716101 and an ISBN-10 of 0413716104.
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