Daughterhood (NHB Modern Plays)

Charley Miles

• Editorial: Nick Hern Books
• Año: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781788502146
• Categoría: Letteratura
• Categoría: Teatro britannico

One sister stayed at home to care for Dad. The other set out to 'make a difference'. Reunited under their childhood roof, Pauline and Rachel unearth more than the ten years between them.

Charley Miles's play Daughterhood is a beautiful, ferocious drama about the bonds that tie us, and how we sometimes need to break them.

Daughterhood was premiered by Paines Plough in 2019.

One

RACHEL	Paul!
	Pauliiiiiiiiiiiine?
	Paul have you got a tenner?? I don’t have any cash and
	Alright mate I’m just having an ask!
	Pauline I’m looking for your handbag.
	I’ve found your handbag.
	I’m removing a tenner…
	Sorry!
	Thank you…!
	…
	–
RACHEL	Hey!
	God what you lurking in the dark for? …I’m home!
PAULINE	Yeah I heard.
RACHEL	Sorry I forgot to get some out before I left. You don’t mind. So used to everything being contactless.
PAULINE	Think half the neighbours heard too.
RACHEL	You missed me…
PAULINE	Not with that entrance.
RACHEL	Come on. It’s not that late.
	I grabbed a bottle at King’s Cross.
PAULINE	Dad’s asleep.
RACHEL	–
	I didn’t think.
PAULINE	I waited at the station.
RACHEL	Did you? Didn’t see you.
PAULINE	You weren’t in on time.
RACHEL	Only twenty minutes.
PAULINE	I had to get back for him.
RACHEL	I tried to call.
PAULINE	I was in the car.
RACHEL	Your mobile?
PAULINE	I left it here.
RACHEL	Kind of defeats the point of a mobile phone right?
	It’s mobile…
PAULINE	–
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