My Mother Said I Never Should
St James Theatre
Reviewed on Monday 18th April 2016
St James Theatre
Reviewed on Monday 18th April 2016
★★★
Charlotte Keatley’s 1985 debut play My Mother Said I Never Should made its mark with an Olivier nomination for her as Most Promising Newcomer, and in 2000 it was listed as one of the 100 Significant Plays of the Twentieth Century by the National Theatre. While I wouldn’t personally bestow that sort of honour on it, this is a both moving and often very funny examination of relationships and social pressures told through the lives of four female members of the same family.
