Plays for Today by Women
A collection of contemporary plays by women ranging from topics such as charitable giving, conflict in the Middle East, to sexual abuse, to growing up with Asian heritage in Britain. The Plays:
Yours Abundantly, From Zimbabwe by Gillian Plowman: a middle—aged woman decides to leave her comfy life in the UK and work in a school in Zimbabwe.

From The Mouths Of Mothers by Amanda Stuart Fisher: a verbatim drama detailing the distressing stories of mothers who learned that their child has been abused.

Welcome To Ramallah by Sonja Linden and Adah Kay: two Jewish sisters are forced to confront the reality of what their forefathers have done to the Palestinians.

Sweet Cider by Em Hussain: In a rundown park, two teenage runaways Tazeem and Nosheen hang out, chatting to the boys and an old bag lady, trying to reconcile being British with their Pakistani cultural traditions.

The Awkward Squad by Karen Young: a three—generational drama involving Northern women who are trying to live and work in recessionary Britain.

For A Button by Rachel Barnett: comic two hander about two friends and the lengths one will go to, to remain best friends.
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Plays for Today by Women
A collection of contemporary plays by women ranging from topics such as charitable giving, conflict in the Middle East, to sexual abuse, to growing up with Asian heritage in Britain. The Plays:
Yours Abundantly, From Zimbabwe by Gillian Plowman: a middle—aged woman decides to leave her comfy life in the UK and work in a school in Zimbabwe.

From The Mouths Of Mothers by Amanda Stuart Fisher: a verbatim drama detailing the distressing stories of mothers who learned that their child has been abused.

Welcome To Ramallah by Sonja Linden and Adah Kay: two Jewish sisters are forced to confront the reality of what their forefathers have done to the Palestinians.

Sweet Cider by Em Hussain: In a rundown park, two teenage runaways Tazeem and Nosheen hang out, chatting to the boys and an old bag lady, trying to reconcile being British with their Pakistani cultural traditions.

The Awkward Squad by Karen Young: a three—generational drama involving Northern women who are trying to live and work in recessionary Britain.

For A Button by Rachel Barnett: comic two hander about two friends and the lengths one will go to, to remain best friends.
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A collection of contemporary plays by women ranging from topics such as charitable giving, conflict in the Middle East, to sexual abuse, to growing up with Asian heritage in Britain. The Plays:
Yours Abundantly, From Zimbabwe by Gillian Plowman: a middle—aged woman decides to leave her comfy life in the UK and work in a school in Zimbabwe.

From The Mouths Of Mothers by Amanda Stuart Fisher: a verbatim drama detailing the distressing stories of mothers who learned that their child has been abused.

Welcome To Ramallah by Sonja Linden and Adah Kay: two Jewish sisters are forced to confront the reality of what their forefathers have done to the Palestinians.

Sweet Cider by Em Hussain: In a rundown park, two teenage runaways Tazeem and Nosheen hang out, chatting to the boys and an old bag lady, trying to reconcile being British with their Pakistani cultural traditions.

The Awkward Squad by Karen Young: a three—generational drama involving Northern women who are trying to live and work in recessionary Britain.

For A Button by Rachel Barnett: comic two hander about two friends and the lengths one will go to, to remain best friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781906582111
Publisher: Aurora Metro Books
Publication date: 09/26/2013
Pages: 335
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Karin Young’s plays include Buffalo Girls and Here I Come for Live Theatre Co in Newcastle. Hatched Matched and Dispatched (with Gez Casey), Divvy Day For Doreen and Swinging Sisters for Living Memory Theatre Co in Newcastle. Her TV work includes: Children’s Ward for ITV and Little Richard Wrecked My Marriage for Channel 4. For fifteen years she’s been a proud member of the Emmerdale Writing Team.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

The plays:

Yours Abundantly, From Zimbabwe 15

From the Mouths of Mothers 55

Welcome to Ramallah 115

Sweet Cider 189

The Awkward Squad 239

For a Button 317

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