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The Winter Wife

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 1m

"An excellent play." - London Sunday Telegraph

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 1m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Biography, Period

Details

Summary

This stage biography of gifted short-story writer Katherine Mansfield is set in the tuberculosis sanitarium where she went with her devoted companion, Ida Baker, to regain her health over the winter of 1920-21. The play focuses on the relationship between these two ladies and on this important literary figure’s sensibilities as a writer and a woman, while revealing harsh truths about her marriage to a writer and critic who treated her with selfish insensitivity.

Performing Groups
  • Time Period 1920s
  • Features Period Costumes

Media

"An excellent play." - London Sunday Telegraph

"Most biographical dramas make one wish one had stayed home and read the book, but not this one." - London Daily Telegraph

"Elegant ... exquisite...a compelling study of feverish genius forced to admit dependence on someone who will never pronounce Avignon correctly." - London Times

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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