Product Description

Revised edition of this 'intensely touching' play to coincide with nation-wide tour; Set in a Mother and Baby Home in 1964 in the north of England and peppered with songs from the period, Be My Baby follows the fortunes of Mary Adams, aged 19, unmarried and seven months pregnant. Forcibly sent to the home by a mother intent on keeping up appearances, Mary has to cope with the dawning realisation that she will have to give the baby up for adoption whether she likes it or not. First staged to unanimous acclaim and full houses at the prestigious Soho Theatre in 1998 with Eleanor Bron and Diana Quick and again in 2000, Be My Baby embarks on a nationwide tour in autumn 2002

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133489 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Review
'You don't have to be young, female or unmarried to find it intensely touching' The Times.

About the Author
Amanda Whittington lives and works in Nottingham, where many of her plays have been set, notably Players Angels about the women workers at the Players Cigarette factory in the fifties - to be revived in late 2002 as Wills Waifs by Bristol theatre company, Show of Strength

Customer Reviews

A fantastic play for an all female cast
This play by Amanda Whittington is an excellent piece of drama. The dialogue is fast paced, intriguing and in places incredibly poignant. We follow the story of Mary Adams, a young mother to be, pregnant and unmarried - and her experiences in the mother and baby homes of the early sixties.

What Whittington weaves is an emotional story, full of highs and lows, moments of high tension and reckless humour. Mary is placed in a room with Queenie, a working class girl, and their relationship becomes one of the central themes of the play.

It is one of the best all female plays available and I cannot recommend it highly enough. The subject matter is ideal for those studying A-level or possibly GCSE and there are some fantastic duologues contained within the script. The play is relatively easy to stage and should be performed with supporting 60's songs; inlcuding of course The Ronnettes classic 'Be My Baby' from which the play takes it's name.

You could find no better modern play than this for an all girl group and it requires a cast of six. Definitely give it a read.

Great drama for girls
Got this play when I had to do a lesson in a girls' school and it is powerful stuff. Based on the story of unmarried pregnant girls who were sent away to have their children and then give them up for adoption, this is a strong narrative and clear characters with lots of possibilities for exploration. Edition is easy to read and well set out.