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How happily married are the happily married?
Home, I'm Darling is a dark comedy about sex, cake and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife.
Judy has Johnny's slippers waiting for him when he arrives home from work, the kitchen's clean, the rooms are aired...yet this is not the 1950s, but a 21st-century 'arrangement' agreed between the two of them. With clothes, furniture and a (faulty) fridge from the 1950s, Judy and Johnny try to 'live the dream', with specific roles and a perfectly ordered life.
About the author
Laura Wade's 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 Wade's plays have been performed in the UK, USA, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and Mexico.
Summary
How happily married are the happily married?
Home, I’m Darling is a dark comedy about sex, cake and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife.
Judy has Johnny's slippers waiting for him when he arrives home from work, the kitchen's clean, the rooms are aired...yet this is not the 1950s, but a 21st-century 'arrangement' agreed between the two of them. With clothes, furniture and a (faulty) fridge from the 1950s, Judy and Johnny try to 'live the dream', with specific roles and a perfectly ordered life.
Foreword
How happily married are the happily married?
Home, I’m Darling is a dark comedy about sex, cake and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife.
