Sugar Wife, The
- Full Length Play, Drama, 19th Century
- 2M, 3F
- ISBN: 9781854598639
Love, lust, prostitution and slavery in a 19th-century Quaker household.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: 19th Century
- Target Audience: Adult
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre
- Accolades:
- Winner! Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (2006)
A devout Quaker, her wealthy husband, a freed American slave and her emancipator come together in 1840s Dublin. As they interact, each is revealed to be rather less high-minded than they would like to be thought.
Elizabeth Kuti's play The Sugar Wife was first performed at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, in April 2005 in a production by Rough Magic. The production transferred to Soho Theatre, London, in January 2006.
REVIEWS:
"Marvellous... intelligent and affecting."
Sunday Tribune
"A moving play whose themes of charity, colonialism and morality resonate deeply."
The Guardian
"A consistently intelligent and beautifully shaped play."
Irish Times
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 3F
- Casting Attributes: Roles for Multicultural Casting
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