Synopsis
The Sugar Wife
$16.99
Published by Nick Hern Books
A play about love, lust, prostitution and slavery ...
A devout Quaker, her wealthy husband, a freed American slave and her emancipator come together in 1840s Dublin
As they interact, each is revealed to be rather less high-minded than they would like to be thought...
'Marvellous ... an intelligent and affecting new piece' ~ Sunday Tribune
'A consistently intelligent and beautifully shaped play' Irish Times
'A moving play whose themes of charity, colonialism and morality resonate deeply' ~ Guardian