In the Shadows
“We shall not ever meet them bearded in heaven,
Nor sunning themselves among the bald in hell;”
[On the Death of Friends in Childhood – Donald Justice]
The death of a daughter. A brother. A best friend. Which grief is strongest? Stephen is struggling to come to terms with his daughter’s death. Sorting through boxes of things from his past – old photographs, vinyl records – he starts to sing Tom Robinson’s “Wish I had a Grey Cortina”, but is interrupted by Nic, his best friend from school, who died in a car accident aged 20.
Written for First Draft Theatre Company (www.firstdrafttheatre.co.uk).
1st Production: First Draft Theatre (2007)
Kings Head Theatre, Islington, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, and the Inn on the Green, Ladbroke Grove
Parts: 1 female, 2 male