Talking Heads

Work:: Talking Heads (S5191)

A series of monologues, funny and poignant, normally from two to four of these would be performed at a time. A Cream Cracker Under The Settee tells of an old woman who has a fall, but her pride doesn't allow her to accept help. Bed Among the Lentils tells of a woman with a drink problem, married to a vicar who exploits her recovery actually caused by an affair with an Indian shopkeeper. A Lady of Letters is the story of a woman obsessed with writing letters of complaint and reporting her neighbours who eventually finds comfort in prison. Soldiering On is the tale of a well-to-do woman who finds one day that she's a widow and her husband has left her ill equipped to handle her own affairs - and her son loses her money in bad investments.

Author

Alan Bennett

Listing:: L0412270107

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Production details

Bed Among the Lentils - Susan, the alcoholic wife of an Anglican vicar. Soldiering On - the newly bereaved yet stoical Muriel confronts the future. Forced to face the facts about her husband, her son and her reduced circumstances, she remains undaunted. A Cream Cracker Under the Settee - Doris is obsessively tidy.