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Daniels Plays: 2: Gut Girls , Beside Herself , Head-rot Holiday , Madness of Esme and Shaz (Methuen World Classics) (Vol 2)

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Sarah Daniels is a contemporary British playwriter who uses questions of history and madness to explore modern social conditions. The plays are cleanly written and a quick read. _Plays: 2_ contains:

The Gut Girls-- a drama about an upper-class woman's attempt to enlighten the women who worked in the dirtiest job of the meat industry. Set in the Victorian period.

Beside Herself-- The staff members of a Community Group Home confront issues of incest and abuse in various ways.

Head Rot Holiday-- Women in a mental hospital interact with staff and each other. Commentary on the mental health system and the relationship between sane and insane women.

The Madness of Esme and Shaz-- A religious spinster takes in her lesbian niece who's just been released from a hospital for the criminally insane.