Five ambitious and exciting plays by the multi-award-winning playwright, hailed as 'one of the prime movers in a new golden generation of British playwrights' (*Independent*), and introduced by the author. *Earthquakes in London* (National Theatre & Headlong, 2010) is an epic drama about climate ch
Two Ladies (NHB Modern Plays)
β Scribed by Nancy Harris
- Book ID
- 111132748
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781788502627
- ASIN
- B07XK2GVMC
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Keep your enemies close, and your wives closer.
As their husbands clash over an international crisis, the first ladies of France and America find themselves alone together in a side room.
Friends, or enemies? When the stakes are so high, can they trust each other? Can they trust their husbands?
Nancy Harris's play Two Ladies premiered at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2019, directed by Nicholas Hytner, and featuring ZoΓ« Wanamaker and Zrinka CviteΕ‘iΔ.
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