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When I was a Girl, I Used to Scream and Shout ...

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 1m

Sharman MacDonald

When I was a Girl, I Used to Scream and Shout...
By Sharman MacDonald

"Sharman Macdonald recounts with sympathy and deliciously rude detail, the sexual misadventures and misconceptions of Fiona, growing up with her repressive mother and best friend Vari in 1950s Scotland. She shows how the girls' excitement and expectations atrophy, so that in their thirties they have become sober stereotypes of the modern woman." - Time Out

When I was a Girl, I Used to Scream and Shout ...

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 1m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior
Accolades
Accolades
  • Sharman Macdonald won the Evening Standard Drama Award for the Most Promising Playwright in 1984.

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Sharman Macdonald recounts with sympathy and deliciously rude detail, the sexual misadventures and misconceptions of Fiona, growing up with her repressive mother and best friend Vari in 1950s Scotland. She shows how the girls' excitement and expectations atrophy, so that in their thirties they have become sober stereotypes of the modern woman.' Time Out.

Sharman Macdonald won the Evening Standard Drama Award for the Most Promising Playwright in 1984.

M1 (young) F3 (30s, middle-age). Split set: a rocky beach and prom. Period 1950s.

Contained in the volume Sharman Macdonald:Plays 1. THIS VOLUME IS REPRINTING

Keywords
M1 (young)
F3 (30s, middle-age)
  • Time Period 1950s
  • Setting Split set: a rocky beach and prom
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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"Sharman Macdonald recoun's with sympathy and deliciously rude detail, the sexual misadventures and misconceptions of Fiona, growing up with her repressive mother and best friend Vari in 1950s Scotland. She shows how the girls' excitement and expectations

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