Jennie's Story & Under The Skin by Betty Lambert

Playwrights Canada Press


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In Jennie's Story, Jennie consults a doctor about her inability to become pregnant. She discovers that years before, during an abortion, she was also sterilized. Consent was given by her mother and by the priest who impregnated her. Jennie chooses never to be victimized again.

Year Printed: 1987
First Produced: In 1981 by the New Play Centre, Vancouver.

Acts: 2

Male Cast: 2
Female Cast: 3
Total Cast: 5

Under The Skin is a study of how envy and despair erode moral conscience. When Professor Maggie Benton's 12-year-old daughter Emma disappears, she turns to her blue-collar neighbours, John and Renee, for comfort. The relationship between the three evolves into an insidiously intricate competition.

Year Printed: 1990
First Produced: In 1985 by the New Play Centre, Vancouver, BC.

Acts: 2

Male Cast: 1
Female Cast: 2
Total Cast: 3