Jettisoning the younger Doris, they are wary of ingredients for their 'curse' being too real (such as harelip) or too fantastical and then call upon the spirit of their Granny, fleeing as a figure moves upstage towards them. They show disgust for the idea of little girls being made of 'sugar and spice and all things nice' and then put forth the idea of 'killing their Mummy'. The play begins in the Wasteground, where the four girls play as contemporaries - Doris appears aged five, Rosie aged eight, and Jackie and Margaret aged nine. It also features scenes set in "the wasteground", where the four characters play together as their child selves in their own contemporary costumes. It presents various episodes in the lives of the four female characters between the 1920s to 1987. The play has a non-chronological and non-linear structure and moves between different places (Manchester, Oldham, and London) and time periods. ( March 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) You can provide one by editing this article. This article needs an improved plot summary. The scenes do not follow in chronological order, so in one scene Margaret will be a young child during the war being comforted by her mother Doris and in the next Jackie will be a child visiting her grandma Doris. The play has a minimalist set and is deliberately unrealistic. The play looks at the consequences of this secret and each woman's opinion on it. When the unmarried Jackie falls pregnant with Rosie, she is unable to cope and hands over the baby to her mother (Margaret), who then brings up Rosie as her own daughter. Their loves, expectations, and choices are set against the huge social changes of the twentieth century. The story explores the lives and relationships of four generations of women: Doris (born 1900), Margaret (born 1931), Jackie (born 1952) and Rosie (born 1971). It is also about how the different generations break free from their parents' traditions and culture. It addresses the issues of teenage pregnancy, career prioritisation and single motherhood.
The play is about the relationships between mothers and daughters, and explores the themes of independence, growing up and secrets. My Mother Said I Never Should is a play in three acts written by Charlotte Keatley and first staged in Manchester in 1987. JSTOR ( May 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.įind sources: "My Mother Said I Never Should" – news Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline.
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