Mattie Beancourt, a 61- year-old woman, reads the autobiography of Mark Gorman, a famous painter. Having grown up in the same East End streets she writes to him. A correspondence develops.She visits him unannounced, and discovers he lives in near poverty and neglect. Her personality is sunny, his is curmudgeonly. Their impact upon each other is startling.… I was an appendage for him. Something stuck on, but not special. He didn’t need me. There was never any real passion there. To live a whole life knowing you were not special for anyone…craving it… to be loved and special. Just once in my life, before I die…
| ISBN: | 9781840029550 |
| Publication date: | 31st August 2011 |
| Author: | Arnold Wesker |
| Publisher: | Oberon Books Ltd an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 72 pages |
| Series: | Oberon Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |