Silver Lining
by Sandi Toksvig

Silver Lining Book Cover
Silver Lining Cover

Synopsis

How unbelievably dull my life was.

I did everything I was supposed to.

I was such a good girl.

I lived in the house he chose and cleaned a dead woman's furniture.

I bought hats, who the hell wears a hat?

And all the time I wanted to scream because I was so bored

On one dark and stormy night in the upper day room of the Silver Retirement Home, five elderly women are trading stories of their remarkable (or sometimes unremarkable) lives.

With the storm floods rising and no rescue team in sight, the ladies are faced with the sudden realisation that in order to survive they are going to have to do what they have done for their entire lives – do it themselves

Silver Lining is a hilarious comedy by Sandi Toksvig.

It tells the tale of a group of extraordinary yet forgotten women, who come together one treacherous night to recreate The Great Escape – senior-citizen style

It received its world premiere at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, on 3 February 2017 in a production by English Touring Theatre and Rose Theatre, Kingston.

Themes

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 6 total roles, 5 female and 1 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Methuen
Year Published
2017
ISBN 10
1350038245
ISBN 13
9781350038240
Print Length
96 pages
Language
English
LCC
PR6120.O43
eISBN 13
9781350038257
Print
Silver Lining is a British play written by and published by Methuen in 2017. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9781350038240 and an ISBN-10 of 1350038245.
Digital
ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle Google Play with an ISBN-13 of 9781350038257.

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