That Almost Unnameable Lust
Description
A writer holding workshops with older women in a prison finds herself struggling with the truth of their stories.
This play was originally published in the volume Charged, a collection of plays about the lives of women in the criminal justice system, and was commissioned and premiered by , a theatre and education company working with women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system.
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Rebecca Lenkiewicz's other plays include an adaptation of The Turn of the Screw (Almeida Theatre, 2013); a version of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People (Manhattan Theatre Club, 2012); The Painter (Arcola Theatre, 2011); Stars Over Kabul (NYT at The Tramway, Glasgow, 2010); The Typist (Riverside Studios, 2010); The Lioness (as part of the 'Women, Power and Politics' season, Tricycle Theatre, 2010); a version of Ibsen's Ghosts (Arcola Theatre/Actors' Touring Company, 2009); Her Naked Skin (National Theatre, 2008); Faeries (Royal Opera House/Blind Summit Theatre, Thaeatre Royal Bath, 2008); Justitia (Sadler's Wells' Peacock Theatre and UK Tour, 2007); Blue Moon Over Poplar (NYT/Soho Theatre, 2006); Shoreditch Madonna (Soho Theatre, 2005); The Night Season (National Theatre, 2004; winner of the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright) and Soho - A Tale of Table Dancers (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2001).
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Original Production
- That Almost Unnameable Lust
- Characters
- Scene One
- Scene Two
- Scene Three
- Scene Four
- Scene Five
- Scene Six
- Scene Seven
- Scene Eight
- Scene Nine
- Scene Ten
- Scene Eleven
- Scene Twelve
- Scene Thirteen
- Scene Fourteen
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information
