Description
I've spent a lifetime in the ebb and flow of power
It brings its gifts
But then it's an intoxicant
One must beware lest one consumes too much
The monarch.
Her most powerful subject.
Two women meet once a week for eleven years. One believes there is no such thing as society. The other has vowed to serve it.
Moira Buffini's wickedly funny hit comedy imagines what the world's most powerful women, Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II, talked about behind closed palace doors.
Winner of the 2014 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, Handbagged was first performed in September 2013 and returned to Kiln Theatre, London, in September 2022.
'A phenomenon.' Sunday Telegraph
'Perfectly pitched between the comic and the serious.' Guardian
Moira Buffini's wickedly funny hit comedy imagines what the world's most powerful women, Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II, talked about behind closed palace doors.
About the Author
Moira Buffini is one of the UK's leading scriptwriters. She has written acclaimed TV, films and plays, including The Dig (Bafta-nominated), Harlots, Jane Eyre, Tamara Drewe, Dinner and Handbagged. She co-chairs the board of trustees of Tonic, a charity which supports equality, diversity and inclusion across the performing arts . She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts. Songlight is her debut novel. Moira lives in London.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571381425
Author Moira Buffini
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 155g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 10mm
