Skirmishes

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Describing the Hampstead Theatre production Irving Wardle in The Times wrote of this stark and visceral study of the relationships between a dying woman and her two embittered and resentful daughters: '[It is] quite a thrill when such raw material finds its voice through a writer as good as Catherine Hayes. Skirmishes is brutally funny and aloof from any sense of revenge writing You instantly feel in the company of a writer you can trust with a gift for putting desperate emotion in commonplace practical terms! Michael Billington in the Guardian described it as full of dignity, humour and emotional sturdiness . a lot of its strength comes from its recognisable realism'; and James Fenton in the Sunday Times wrote: 'A startiing London début . . . there are extremely effective moments . . . written with complete assurance of purpose! Victoria Radin in the Obserfler adds 'Ms Hayes is wonderful on that business of sisterhood her humour and evenhandedness make... Tovább

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Describing the Hampstead Theatre production Irving Wardle in The Times wrote of this stark and visceral study of the relationships between a dying woman and her two embittered and resentful daughters: '[It is] quite a thrill when such raw material finds its voice through a writer as good as Catherine Hayes. Skirmishes is brutally funny and aloof from any sense of revenge writing You instantly feel in the company of a writer you can trust with a gift for putting desperate emotion in commonplace practical terms! Michael Billington in the Guardian described it as full of dignity, humour and emotional sturdiness . a lot of its strength comes from its recognisable realism'; and James Fenton in the Sunday Times wrote: 'A startiing London début . . . there are extremely effective moments . . . written with complete assurance of purpose! Victoria Radin in the Obserfler adds 'Ms Hayes is wonderful on that business of sisterhood her humour and evenhandedness make Skirmishes that rare commodity, a British play that is actually honest about people great respect for characters and, thus, audience!
Skirmishes was first performed at the Liverpool Playhouse. It subsequently opened in London at the Hampstead Theatre in January 1982 with Frances de la Tour, Gwen Taylor and Anna Wing; and it marks Catherine Hayes's début in the London theatre. Vissza