Details

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. The first professional London production in 35 years

Cast/Performers

Nicholas Cass-Beggs (Clive / Prologue / Policeman / Teacher / Man in Tube Station / Judge), Olivia Darnley (Rowena), Sophie Doherty (Jennifer / Policewoman / Judge / Irene Wade), Edward Killingback (Trevor / Psychiatrist), Tessie Orange-Turner (Yvonne / Hilary), Rob Ostlere (Ron / Man in Street / Man in Tube Station / Prosecutor)

Creatives/Company

Author: Sarah Daniels
Company: Papercut Theatre
Presented by: Joe Prentice (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre)
Director: Melissa Dunne
Design: Verity Quinn
Lighting: Jack Coleman
Costume: Leah Mulhern
Sound(s): Domenico Menghini, Josh Robins