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Year staged: 1985

Opening night: 29/10/1985

Theatre Company: Temba Theatre Company; 1972

Staged in: Royal Court Theatre

Cast Size: 3

Synopsis

Three lifelong friends are at crucial stages in their lives. Mona is coming to terms with an unsatisfying relationship, Susan is about to be offered a breakthrough acting opportunity, and Michele has a child to raise on her own. They question what it might mean to be a woman, if a woman is defined by her role as a mother, and if one can truly find where girlhood ends and adulthood begins. On their road to self discovery, Mona and Susan wonder if their close bond means they could be each other’s ‘zammie’.

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Basin

Publisher: Methuen

Year published: 1987

Original Cast

Doña Croll

Mona

Susan Harper-Browne

Michelle

Beverley Hills

Susan

Production Team

Vanessa Clegg

Designer

Paulette Randall

Director

Andy Pink

Sound

Chris Bagust

Lighting

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Script

Ref: NTC/P/T/2/032

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