My Mother Said I Never Should

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My Mother Said I Never Should: Episode 1

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BBC Radio 4 - My Mother Said I Never Should, Episode 1

Charlotte Keatley's award winning, landmark play.

Entanglement and estrangement bind together four generations of one working class family against a backdrop of significant social change of the 20th Century.

Charlotte Keatley's powerful, poignant and bittersweet drama focuses on four generations of women as they confront the most significant moments of their lives. 

A kaleidoscopic time structure spanning from 1923 to 1987 builds the chronology of one family in which we witness how profoundly the choices of one generation affect the potential of the next. The women balance the complexities of motherhood, education, career and self-expression and a decision is made that will affect all their lives irrevocably. 

DORIS..... Lesley Nicol
MARGARET.....Siobhan Finneran
JACKIE.....Cecilia Appiah
ROSIE.....Bebe Massey
CHILD DORIS.....Matilda Kent
CHILD MARGARET.....Isla Pritchard
CHILD JACKIE.....Mimi-Raie Mhlanga

Pianist Adam Hutchins
Sound Design by Sharon Hughes
Production Co-ordinator Pippa Day
Written by Charlotte Keatley
Produced and Directed by Nadia Molinari

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This production is dedicated to the memory of Wyllie Longmore

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