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Maggie & Me
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 4m
“Don’t you worry. I’ll always love you. Love doesn’t run out. It’s not like the gas meter. I’ll find extra love.”
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Cast Size
3w, 4m -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Literature) -
Target Audience
Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)
Details
Summary
Brighton, 2008: Damian Barr celebrates getting a deal to write a memoir about his chaotic childhood in 1980s Lanarkshire. But as soon as he opens the door to his troubled past, everybody comes rushing through, including his younger self and the woman who forever changes his family, community and country: Maggie Thatcher.
Soon, revisiting his past turns into reliving it – the fear and the joy. From the furnaces of the Ravenscraig Steelworks to the sanctuary of Carfin Grotto, there’s trauma and triumph, coming of age and coming out. Can Damian survive his past again, find his voice and finally tell his story?
History
Cast Attributes
- Time Period 1980s
- Setting
- Features Period Costumes
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
Media
“Funny, moving and powerful in equal measure, it’s an expertly told story and it deserves to be a hit.” – WhatsOnStage
“This National Theatre of Scotland production achieves the great trick of good theatre – it makes someone's life so intense and compelling that the question of ‘contemporary relevance’ becomes itself an irrelevant question.” – Broadway Baby
“The play is nostalgic, funny and heart-warming with tear-jerking poignant moments.” – Broadway World UK
“Fearless and unflinching.” – The Herald
“Maggie & Me is simply excellent theatre which deserves to play to full houses. It’s a hard, but uplifting story of overcoming and becoming, wrapped in agile direction, and winning performances.” – The Quinntessential Review
“Challenging, exasperating, but also highly significant.” – The Scotsman
“Heart wrenching, thought provoking.” – Theatre Scotland
“Unapologetically honest, nostalgic and occasionally brutal.” – A Young(ish) Perspective
Licensing & Materials
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Authors
James Ley
James Ley is a playwright and screenwriter living in Glasgow. His plays include Wilf (Traverse Theatre), Ode to Joy (Stories Untold, Summerhall), Love Song to Lavender Menace (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Summerhall, SoHo Playhouse, New York), Emma and Gill (Catherine ...
