Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett's imagination, as usual, runs riot in these monologues and we see a wealth of characters through the eyes of three individuals. Bennett comments: "they could have been written as complete plays, but then they would be different stories, more objective, rounded...instead there is a single point of view, that of the speaker alone. They don't quite know what they are saying and are telling a story to the meaning of which they are not entirely privy".
Maidenhead Drama Guild presents -
Meet Lesley, an actress; she was Woman in a Musquash Coat in Crossroads and Chloe in Tess (no, Chloe wasn't in the book). She has just completed a video (targeted chiefly on West Germany) in which she plays Travis, a career girl who enjoys life and spends a remarkable amount of time topless.
Acidly funny...bleakly chilling
Graham finds life difficult enough at the best of times; when Mother meets an old flame and seems set to marry him Graham's old insecurities (Will he be parted from her? Is there someone watching the house?) rear their ugly heads again. Fate, eventually, rescues Graham and he resumes his normal life of banal muddle under his Mother's amnesiac tyranny.
Touching and real and very funny
Susan is a failure when it comes to jam-making and flower-arranging and isn't at all sure about God. Unfortunately for her she is married to Geoffrey, a popular and respected vicar who treats her in an intensely patronising manners and expects her to conform to her role as vicar's wife at all times. Susan finds temporary solace through alcohol and an affair with a young Pakistani shopkeeper.
Packed with insights and sparkling satire
All performances start 7.45 pm
Modified 12 October 2001