Sitting Pretty
by Amy Rosenthal

Sitting Pretty Book Cover
Sitting Pretty Cover

Synopsis

Genre: Comic Drama Characters: 4 male, 6 females Scenery: Interior Unmarried sisters in their fifties share a London flat.

Nina is brisk, dynamic and gainfully employed.

Nancy is plump, self-conscious and suddenly redundant.

Urged to find a hobby, she unwittingly stumbles into a job modeling for eccentric drawing students and their philandering teacher.

Initially horrified to discover that life models pose naked, Nancy is unexpectedly liberated by the experience.

Though she keeps this activity a secret, her newfound confidence unsettles Nina.

The sisters move toward an inevitable confrontation as Nina faces her unhappy past and Nancy glimpses a possible future.

This bittersweet play unfolds with humorous twists and turns.

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 10 total roles, 6 female and 4 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
2001
ISBN 10
0573019215
ISBN 13
9780573019210
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
70 pages
Language
English
LCCN
2006467319
LCC
MLCS 2006/42905 (P)
Print
Sitting Pretty is a British play written by and published by Samuel French in 2001. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573019210 and an ISBN-10 of 0573019215.

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