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Alan Bennett
Main CharactersMam: A forgetful, working-class mother who is being processed for relocation while unknowingly participating in a sociological study of her own vanishing way of life. Dad: Mam’s cantankerous, disabled husband who views the changes around him with a mixture of hostility and bewildered resignation as their world is turned into a museum. Ms. Craig: The mysterious, high-heeled sociologist who observes the couple with detached professional interest, eventually revealed to be their estranged son, Terry, in a complex disguise.
First Performance: 1980, at Richmond Theatre / Vaudeville Theatre, London
Initially met with mixed reviews for its dark tone, it has since been reassessed as one of Bennett's most prescient and challenging works.