Margaret - a monologue
It's been some time since I produced one of my own plays. Well four months to be precise... so not that long at all eh? But this time it's different.
Previous productions have been big comedies with big audiences, lots of props, lots of costumes and lots of actors involved. This time will be as far away from that as possible.
Margaret is a monologue about a woman who wants to choose exactly when and how her life will end. The drama of the narrative is punctuated with dark humour and cutting jibes.
It forms part of the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2017 and will run for three nights to an intimate audience of just 25 people a night in Studio 1 of the Kings Arms Theatre, Salford.
Margaret is a determined and independent woman in her sixties who during her career as a doctor has helped many people end their lives in dignity and without pain. She is educated, opinionated and her sharp wit is often directed at those who underestimate her - whether that be her daughters, the police or Nurse Dulcie, the battleaxe charged with looking after Margaret in her final days.
Her funeral is planned to the letter, the undertakers have strict instructions and she is gathering the drugs she'll need to see herself off on her own terms.
But Margaret, undoubtedly determined, has doubts as she faces her final hours.
"I’d like to be buried in my navy blue, Marks and Spencer’s suit. It’s wrinkle free so they can have an open coffin if they like." ~ Margaret
Margaret is played by Joan McGee and Directed by Mike Heath
Margaret runs from 24 - 26th July 2017 at the Kings Arms Theatre, Salford as part of Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2017.
