Stepmother, The
- Publisher
- Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2008
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889614741
- Publish Date
- Apr 2008
- List Price
- $14.95
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Written in 1924, The Stepmother by Githa Sowerby (1876-1970) was performed only once by a pricate theatre club in London and then vanished. Now, more than eighty years later, the Shaw Festival has unearthed this buried treasure by the gifted writer of the acclaimed Rutherford and Son. A twist on the "wicked stepmother" story, the play centres on Lois Relph, a young stepmother who cares deeply for her new daughters, owns a thriving dressmaking shop and seems to have it all. But behind closed doors, the picture is very different. Her husband is caught up in one unsuccessful business deal after another and uses her money to stay in the game, and her relationship with an empathetic neighbour is becoming dangerously close A play that takes a fascinating look at a successful woman who struggles to define what being a wife, mother and business woman mean - a story whose resonance can still be felt today.