Synopsis
Yard Gal
$13
Published by Dramatists Play Service
0 Male 2 Female
When Marie is stabbed by Wendy, a girl from a rival gang, she ends up in the hospital where she learns that she's pregnant
But after her release, Marie's pregnancy doesn't stop her from furiously going after Wendy in a nightclub with a broken bottle. Boo, devoted friend, takes the rap for Wendy's murder. But while Boo serves time in jail for a crime she didn't commit, Marie gives birth and turns her life around. It is the ultimate test of these girls' friendship
Uncompromising in its language and treatment of London gang life, Yard Gal is a finely drawn picture of life on the edge
"Ms. Prichard has an undeniable gift for finding a spontaneous-seeming poetry in an urban patois fed by diverse ethnic rivers" ~ NY Times
"Initially humorous in tone, the story of their lives darkens with each passing momentPrichard's hard-edged, foul-mouthed, but not entirely unsentimental play views the girls' wild world with a compassionate eye" ~ Star Ledger
"Yard Gal sets out to capture today's street toughs with precision" ~ NY Daily News