Details

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. Bennett's beautifully observed vignettes capture the pathos and humour of three, seemingly humdrum, lives. We discover Susan, a vicar's wife seeking solace with the Asian shop-keeper, Graham, caught in middle-age and still living at home and Lesley dreaming of acting stardom, blind to the predators who just want to use her...

Creatives/Company

Author: Alan Bennett
Company: Wimbledon Studio
Director: Paul Jerricho