In glas

Lottie and Gideon, a pleasant suburban couple, cannot have a child, and IVF becomes the centre of their lives. The short, dark play, written for a stage with the audience on all sides, runs on two planes at once. On the surface is their orderly South African home, the polite dialogue of a marriage and the cheerful posts they share online. Beneath it, each partner has a double who voices what goes unsaid and joins the fight: Gideon's is Poppie, a small woman with a high voice, Lottie's a big, sloppy man called Bul. Doubts about wanting a child at all, the shame of a failing body, bewildering treatment and the grief and depression of failed attempts pull at their marriage and their sense of who they are.

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About the book

Form

Drama

First published

2018 by Protea Boekhuis

ISBN

9781485305989 (original)