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Keeping Mum

Short Play, Drama  /  2w

Richard Harris

Keeping Mum
by Richard Harris

First presented as a National Theatre Platform performance in the Cottesloe Theatre in 1987 and subsequently seen in a revised version at the Duke's Head Theatre, Richmond, Surrey in 1990, this poignant monologue sees Pauline sitting at the bedside of her dying mother.

Keeping Mum

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
First presented as a National Theatre Platform performance in the Cottesloe Theatre in 1987 and subsequently seen in a revised version at the Duke's Head Theatre, Richmond, Surrey in 1990, this poignant monologue sees Pauline sitting at the bedside of her dying mother. As she mulls over her own churning emotions she realizes a love that, it eventually transpires, is now too late to communicate.
Keywords
F2 (middle age)
  • Setting A hospital ward
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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