Handbagged (one-act version)
- Short Play, Dramatic Comedy, 20th Century
- 2M, 4F
- ISBN: 9781848421165
For over a decade, Margaret Thatcher met the Queen for a weekly audience.
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Description
- Short Play
- Dramatic Comedy
- Time Period: 20th Century
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
For over a decade, Margaret Thatcher met the Queen for a weekly audience. With all her previous Prime Ministers the Queen enjoyed a fairly informal relationship, but with Mrs Thatcher, things were different.
Also available: A later, full-length version of the play, which premiered at the Tricycle Theatre in 2013.
REVIEWS:
Moira Buffini's short play, Handbagged, speculates on the relationship between these two very powerful and private women.
This is the one-act version of the play premiered as part of the Women, Power & Politics season at the Tricycle Theatre in 2010.
Handbagged is also available in the collection Women, Power and Politics: Then.
Also available: A later, full-length version of the play, which premiered at the Tricycle Theatre in 2013.
REVIEWS:
"Hilarious and moving... raises serious questions about the balance of power."
The Guardian
"Brilliantly funny."
WhatsOnStage.com
Premiere Production:
Tricycle Theatre, London, 2010.
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 4F
- Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers
