- 80 pages
- English
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for all the women who thought they were Mad
About this book
"they like to see us fall
to slip on branches full of fruit we have not tasted" Lately, it's small things.
Pop songs.
The radio.
Every day, anguish becomes madness.
Call on your family.
Call on the ancestors.
Can they guide you home? "we are pearl and earth and root
we know ourselves to be natural and complete
carved from rock that floats
but we should still be careful what we wish for
some of us can sink in the upstream" for all the women who thought they were Mad is an urgent piece of theatre examining the myriad of forces that collide and conspire against women of colour in Britain today.
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MARGARET: sun’s coming up
ROSE: moon’s going down
ANGELA: sun kills the moon
ROSE: where do the days go?
ANGELA: into the cracks
KIM: in the earth?
ROSE: deeper
KIM: how many more?
how many more nights?
MARGARET: we tell again
ANGELA: i don’t want to tell today
MARGARET: we tell again
ANGELA: do you know what it is to tell? for me to tell?
ROSE: for me?
KIM: for us all
MARGARET: we tell again
ANGELA: my mouth is dry from telling
KIM: i’m tired
ROSE: we’re all tired
ANGELA: my stomach is empty from telling
KIM: i’m hungry
MARGARET: fill yourself with stories
ANGELA: you’ll starve
KIM: maybe today will be different
MARGARET: we sit
we wait
ANGELA: what does waiting do?
MARGARET: we must be strong
ROSE: is it too late?
ANGELA: can’t stop the rain
ROSE: can’t stop a storm
MARGARET: but we can be here when the sun comes up
ROSE: wish we only had the moon to bury
Pause
MARGARET: we remember her
here
tell
Pause
ROSE: she’s in my food and drink
ANGELA: we all know
ROSE: you don’t know
MARGARET: we must tell
ROSE: find one voice
ANGELA: you always speak after her
find your own voice
ROSE: we need each other to be visible
please
ANGELA: i don’t want anyone to know
i don’t want anyone to see me
to see her
i don’t want to talk about this anymore!
MARGARET: poor woman
ANGELA: if you want to pity someone watch yourself
build a room of mirrors and live in it
ROSE: so you want to forget?
NAMBI: I don’t want to forget
The FLOURISH look at NAMBI
ROSE: you’re awake?
She nods
They all nod
ROSE surrounds her with arms and bosom
Smooths the child’s hair
ROSE: we are each other’s reflection and echo
ROSE: and echo
MARGARET: why couldn’t we stop it?
ROSE: / ssshh
ANGELA: ssshh
RUTH: you can’t stop a river
Silence
KIM eats
ANGELA paces
RUTH sits
MARGARET stands
ROSE goes to the window
ROSE: rain again
They all kiss their teeth
ANGELA: my hair
A rumble of thunder
JOY enters
BOSS enters
He carries a briefcase
He stands a little way behind JOY
He looks at her for a time
BOSS: Joy!
JOY: Door’s open.
BOSS: So sorry, I wasn’t expecting you to be in here.
JOY: In my office?
How did you do that?
BOSS: That?
JOY: The door was locked.
Beat
BOSS: Morning.
JOY: Is that water?
BOSS: What?
JOY: Your hair, your shoulders.
You’re soaking.
Is it raining?
BOSS: Yes, got caught in it on the way over. You seem nice and dry.
JOY: I decided to walk it was so hot when I left the h...
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Foreword
- The Author would Like to Thank
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Characters
- Contents
- Chapter 1