Anton Burge
Set in London in the 1930s, the play explores the early career of Constance Spry, founder of the celebrated business Floral Decorations that supplied floral arrangements to the upper ranks of society including the artist Gluck and interior decorator Syrie Maugham.
Spry's unconventional relationships, professional ambition and the conflicting demands of career and domestic duties reveal the complex internal life of the woman later famed as a cook and inventor of the dish Coronation Chicken.
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Anton Burge has written ten plays championing roles for women in theatre. His work has been performed worldwide and includes Bette & Joan, starring Greta Scacchi and Anita Dobson (West End); Storm in a Flower Vase, starring Penny Downie (West End) and Mrs. Pat, starring Dame ...