Be My Baby
Paperback, 64 pages ISBN: 9781854598875Publication Date:
29 Jun 2005
Size: 197mm x 130mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
A4 Spiral-bound, 128 pages ISBN: 9781839041587Publication Date:
29 Jun 2005
Size: 297mm x 210mm£14.99 £11.99You save £3.00 (20%)
Ebook, 64 pages ISBN: 9781780011233Publication Date:
12 Jun 2014
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
First Staged:
Soho Theatre Company at the Pleasance Theatre, London, 1998

Be My Baby

By Amanda Whittington

Paperback £10.99£8.79

A4 Spiral-bound £14.99£11.99

Ebook £10.99£8.79

A poignant drama about attitudes to teenage pregnancy in 1960s Britain.

Mary Adams, aged 19, is unmarried and seven months pregnant. Forcibly sent to a Mother-and-Baby Home in the north of England by a mother intent on keeping up appearances, Mary – along with the other girls in the home – has to cope with both the shame and the dawning realisation that she will have to give the baby up for adoption whether she likes it or not.

Despite this – and an overbearing matron – the girls' youthful effervescence keeps breaking through as they sing along to the girl-group songs of the period.

Amanda Whittington's hugely touching play Be My Baby was first performed by Soho Theatre Company at the Pleasance Theatre, London, in 1998.

This edition of Be My Baby includes new scenes added for several successful revivals of the play.

Set Text: Be My Baby is a set text for GCSE English Literature (WJEC)


A4 Edition also available

This play is also available as an A4 Edition, offering spiral binding, a larger print size and additional space for notes. To order the play in this format, simply select the 'A4 Spiral-bound' option above. Please note A4 Editions are only available for delivery within the UK.


Extra Content: watch an interview with Amanda Whittington about Be My Baby on StageTalk.tv here.

Press Quotes

'Poignant, powerful and still pertinent... Whittington's play about yesterday sings out to today'

Observer

'You don't have to be young, female or unmarried to find it immensely touching'

The Times

'Whittington cleverly coats the bitter pill of her characters' experience with the sugared naivety of popular girl-group routines'

Guardian
Paperback,64 pages ISBN: 9781854598875Publication Date:
29 Jun 2005
Size: 197mm x 130mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
A4 Spiral-bound,128 pages ISBN: 9781839041587Publication Date:
29 Jun 2005
Size: 297mm x 210mm£14.99 £11.99You save £3.00 (20%)
Ebook,64 pages ISBN: 9781780011233Publication Date:
12 Jun 2014
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)

Also by Amanda Whittington:

Satin 'n' Steel
Ladies Down Under
The Thrill of Love
Ladies Unleashed
The Invincibles
Ladies' Day
Player's Angels
Mighty Atoms
Kiss Me Quickstep

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