Home, I'm Darling

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A scalpel-wielding dissection of the fetishisation of wifeliness." - The Guardian

Judy and Johnny are living the 1950s dream: linoleum flooring, starched collars, chocolate chiffon cake in the oven... and the laptop charging on the kitchen table.

A dark comedy about sex, cake, and the quest to be the 'perfect' housewife, Laura Wade's incisive study of the idealization of gender norms remains as topical as ever as it asks how happily married are the happily married

Winner of the 2019 Olivier Award for Best New Play, Home, I'm Darling is published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Tamara Harvey.

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A scalpel-wielding dissection of the fetishisation of wifeliness. * The Guardian *

Author Bio

Laura Wades plays include The Watsons (Chichester Festival Theatre and Menier Chocolate Factory), Home, I'm Darling (Theatr Clwyd, National Theatre and West End), Posh (Royal Court Theatre and West End), Tipping the Velvet (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith), Alice (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer (Globe Theatre, Sydney Opera House and Australian tour), Other Hands (Soho Theatre), Colder Than Here (Soho Theatre and MCC Theatre New York), Breathing Corpses (Royal Court Theatre), Catch (Royal Court Theatre, written with four other playwrights), Young Emma (Finborough Theatre), 16 Winters (Bristol Old Vic Basement) and Limbo (Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield). Films include The Riot Club. Awards include the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Pearson Best Play Award and the George Devine Award. Laura Wades plays have been performed in the UK, USA, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and Mexico.