The Cutting

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Nominated for the London Awards (Best First Play) and the London Evening Standard Awards (Best Newcomer).
Judith is in prison, on remand, accused of killing her mother. From the moment the police came to question her she has not spoken. Alex, a child psychiatrist with experience of mutism is called in as a last resort to make a psychiatric assessment. He battles against her silence until at last he breaks the dam. Judith speaks directly to another human being for perhaps the first time in her life. An extraordinary story is revealed, and a relationship forged.

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A gem of inner discovery...gripping theatre...uncompromisingly intelligent and unsentimentally moving... * London Theatre Record *

Author Bio

Maureen O'Brien has starred in the West End, at Chichester, Stratford, Ontario, the Old Vic. Her TV roles range from Vicki in Dr Who to Electra in the Oresteia. She has twice won the Sony Best Actress award for her work on radio. Her play 'The Cutting' (Bush Theatre) was nominated Best Play (London Fringe Award) and Best Newcomer (Evening Standard Drama Awards). For more information about Maureen and her work, go to www.maureenobrien.co.uk