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Sarah Daniels' play about pornography was premiered at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre in 1983, and seen at London's Royal Court Theatre in 1983. Masterpieces opens on three couples - Rowena and Trevor, their friends Hilary and Ron, and Rowena's mother Jennifer and stepfather Clive - having dinner in a restaurant. They exchange sexist jokes to a variety of responses: some laugh uproariously, some uncomfortably, and one is deeply unhappy. Masterpieces is the story of Rowena, and her journey from seeing a pornographic magazine for the first time, to a thwarted attempt to help an unhappy prostitute, from uncomfortable laughter, to radical and disgusted protest at female subjugation. A passionate indictment of pornography, the objectification of women and those who condone violence against them.T0763278739The first professional London production in 35 yearsCompany Papercut Theatre. Presented byJoe Prentice (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre). Director Melissa Dunne. Design Verity Quinn. Lighting Jack Coleman. Costume Leah Mulhern. Sound Domenico Menghini. Sound Josh Robins. Performer Nicholas Cass-Beggs (Clive / Prologue / Policeman / Teacher / Man in Tube Station / Judge). Performer Olivia Darnley (Rowena). Performer Sophie Doherty (Jennifer / Policewoman / Judge / Irene Wade). Performer Edward Killingback (Trevor / Psychiatrist). Performer Tessie Orange-Turner (Yvonne / Hilary). Performer Rob Ostlere (Ron / Man in Street / Man in Tube Station / Prosecutor). | |
| 24 Apr 18 to 19 May 18 | Finborough, Inner London :: V199 listing details L01923316836 |
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