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Sweet Talk

By Michael Abbensetts

Year staged: 1973

Opening night: 31/07/1973

Theatre Company: English Stage Company

Staged in: Royal Court Theatre

Cast Size: 6

Synopsis

Set in a single room whose walls define its characters’ lives, Sweet Talk, the most widely performed of Michael Abbensetts’ plays, is a witty, energetic and finally moving account of a marriage in crisis. Since its opening production at the Royal Court where it was directed by Stephen Frears, it has been performed in New York, Canada, Nigeria, Guyana, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

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Sweet Talk

Publisher: Oberon

Year published: 2001

Original Cast

Allister Bain

Tony

Mona Hammond

Rita

Don Warrington

Dennis

Sally Watts

Sandra

Joan-Ann Maynard

Yvonne

Lee William-Davis

Oscar

Production Team

Rory Dempster

Lighting Designer

Stephen Frears

Director

William Dudley

Designer / Programme cover design

Additional Materials

Link to Production Contracts

Production Contracts

Ref: THM/273/4/2/63

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

Link to Photographs

Photographs

Ref: THM/273/6/1/505

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

Link to Press Reviews

Press Reviews

Ref: THM/273/7/2/331

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

Link to Poster Design

Poster Design

Ref: THM/273/7/6/16

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

Link to Further Production Source

Further Production Source

Living Archive (Royal Court)

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