Details

In a provocative play, respected short-story writer Ruth Steiner becomes the mentor to budding fiction writer Lisa Morrison. Ruth eventually welcomes the awe-struck student, revealing secrets of the craft and intimate details of her painful past including a shattering affair with the poet Delmore Schwartz. But Lisa's emergence as a successful novelist, cannibalising Ruth's own experiences for her subject matter, takes an appalling toll on the artist, as Lisa evolves from protege to friend to peer and ultimately to threatening rival.

Cast/Performers

Helen Mirren (Ruth Steiner), Anne-Marie Duff (Lisa Morrison)

Creatives/Company

Author: Donald Margulies
Director: Howard Davies
Design: John Gunter
Lighting: Peter Mumford
Sound: John A Leonard
Producer: Duncan Weldon and Emanuel Azenberg