Be My Baby (play)

Be My Baby, a 1997 play by British playwright Amanda Whittington, which was first produced at the Soho Theatre in London. Since the initial performances a number of different productions have been mounted; including in Salisbury Playhouse, Oldham Coliseum, Hull Truck Theatre and the Dukes Theatre, Lancaster. [Doollee.com, the Playwright's Database - biography; http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsW/whittington-amanda.html (accessed 2nd Jan 2008)] The playscript was published by Nick Hern Books and set in England in the early 1960s.

The story is about a 17 year old girl called Mary. Her mother (Mrs Adams) discovers that Mary is seven months pregnant and sends her to a religious mother-baby home. Matron is in charge of the home. Other pregnant girls staying at the home are Queenie, Norma and Dolores. Norma has her baby and it is taken off her. In the end, Mary gives birth to a girl. The baby girl, Lucy, gets taken away from her and given to an adoptive family.

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