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Handbag or The Importance of Being Someone archive

"I am my own creation and it is generally agreed that I have made a very good job of it" (Handbag). Twenty-eight years before The Importance of Being Earnest, a young woman gives birth to a baby boy. Is it an accident when Nanny places him in a handbag and her unpublished novel into the pram? In 1998, a new baby is stolen and an academic discovers an unpublished novel of more than usually revolting sentimentality. From Victorian wet nurses to 90s sperm banks, Mark Ravenhill's play examines the role of parenting in an age of diverse sexuality's, biological engineering and Tinky Winky's handbag.

Creatives/Company

Author: Mark Ravenhill
Director: Peter Farago
Design: Agnes Treplin
Company: Third Year Students

Handbag or The Importance of Being Someone

Handbag or The Importance of Being Someone (Play) production archive for QTIX code T0521882454. Details of all Handbag or The Importance of Being Someone archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S6203

Archive Listings

18 Jul 00
to
22 Jul 00

Drama Centre London
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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