The Female of the Species
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A deliciously wicked comedy that proves that the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male. From the author of the West End-hit, Honour.
Thirty years ago Margot Mason, pioneer of the 1970's Women's Liberation movement and fearless academic, wrote her groundbreaking work, The Cerebral Vagina. Numerous best-sellers and international adulation followed, but now she has writer's block.
As she sits in her country house struggling with a deadline, in walks Molly Rivers, student, idealist and daughter of one of Margot's most dedicated followers. Initially flattered, Margot is less pleased when Molly handcuffs her to the desk and pulls a gun...
'deliriously funny... I beg you to see it' Sunday Telegraph
'a cracking piece, part hostage drama, part satire, part outrageous farce... hugely entertaining' Telegraph
'a new West End play with a seriously amusing mind of its own' Evening Standard
Joanna Murray-Smith
Joanna Murray-Smith’s plays have been produced in many languages, all over the world, including on the West End, Broadway and at the Royal National Theatre. Her plays include American Song, Pennsylvania Avenue, Fury, Songs for Nobodies, True Minds, Day One – A Hotel – Evening, The Gift, Rockabye, The Female of the Species, Ninety, Bombshells, Rapture, Nightfall, Redemption, Flame, Love Child, Atlanta, Honour and Angry Young Penguins. She has also adapted Hedda Gabler, as well as Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage, for Sir Trevor Nunn (London). Her three novels (published by Penguin/Viking) are Truce, Judgement Rock and Sunnyside. Her opera libretti include Love in the Age of Therapy and The Divorce. Joanna has also written many screenplays.
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