Sitting Pretty
- Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, 1990s
- 6M, 4F
- ISBN: 9780573019210
"Assured... with a gentle blend of wit and the poignant."
Independent
Description
- Full Length Play
- Dramatic Comedy
- Time Period: 1990s
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
Initially horrified to discover that life models pose naked, Nancy is unexpectedly liberated by the experience. Though she keeps this activity a secret, her newfound confidence unsettles Nina. The sisters move towards an inevitable confrontation as Nina faces her unhappy past and Nancy glimpses a possible future.
This bittersweet play unfolds with humorous twists and turns.
REVIEWS:
"Assured... with a gentle blend of wit and the poignant."
Independent
"Rosenthal writes like a female Alan Ayckbourn."
The Guardian
"Wonderful... ensemble piece of immense acuity and pathos."
Time Out
Characters
- Casting: 6M, 4F
NINA - slight, dynamic, 53
MAX - jovial, round-faced, mid-fifties
PHILIP - artist, 48
ZELDA - sassy, attractive, 20
JOSIE - brittle, elegant, 20
SYLVIA - a stately lady, mid-sixties
MARTIN - thin, tetchy, mid-forties
BRIDGET - wife of Martin, mid-forties
LUKA - tall, handsome, 18
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Unmarried sisters in their fifties share a London flat. Nina is brisk, dynamic and gainfully employed. Nancy is plump, self-conscious and suddenly redundant. Urged to find a hobby, she unwittingly stumbles into a job modelling for eccentric drawing students and their philandering teacher. |
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