A Daughter's A Daughter

Synopsis

Opened at the Theatre Royal in Bath on 2 July 1956. Written by Agatha Christie under the pen-name 'Mary Westmacott' this is the first full scale production of this rare Christie masterpiece since its premiere in 1954, and is presented here by Windsor favourites The Agatha Christie Theatre Company, by special arrangement with the author’s estate. A must for all Christie fans, and brimming with her brilliant wit, this gripping psychological drama tells the tale of a mother and her daughter as they strive to find happiness in 1940’s Britain Returning home from the Second World War, Sarah convinces her mother to ‘live life to the hilt’, and ditch her fiancé Richard. Meanwhile, Sarah has become involved with cad Lawrence and feels the need to marry him in order to please her mother. Will Ann and Sarah make life decisions based on the other’s wishes?

Our Review:

Dave Jordan - 17 December 2009

This drawing room drama, adapted from a little-known work by Agatha Christie (writing under the nom-de-plume Mary Westmacott), hasn't received a full-scale production since its original run in 1954. Watching Roy Marsden's revival makes one question why it's taken over 50 years to reach the West End.

Starring Jenny Seagrove and Honeysuckle Weeks, A Daughter's a Daughter has all the right ingredients for a gripping evening of theatre that bubbles and crackles, as a mother and daughter spar in a sequence of mental manipulations where the outcome is ultimately a victory for neither.

It's the mid 1940s and Ann Prentice, a widow, falls in love with and plans to marry Richard Caulfield, a man she has known for only a few months. However her daughter Sarah, who is demobbed and returning home after three years' active service, resents the intrusion into what she considers her home, and so does everything she can to prevent the union.

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