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Following a motorcycle accident in which her boyfriend was killed, Cecily is brain-damaged. Her lone parent, Sheila, is struggling to cope whilst her aunt, Ellen, tries to distance herself from the situation. Ellen, elegant and married, comes to visit and gradually intense and complicated family relationships are revealed when Sheila confronts Ellen with her responsibilities.  
 
Following a motorcycle accident in which her boyfriend was killed, Cecily is brain-damaged. Her lone parent, Sheila, is struggling to cope whilst her aunt, Ellen, tries to distance herself from the situation. Ellen, elegant and married, comes to visit and gradually intense and complicated family relationships are revealed when Sheila confronts Ellen with her responsibilities.  
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Published by [[Samuel French]] in 1991.
  
 
The play was also expanded into a full-length version called ''[[Imagine Imogen]]''.
 
The play was also expanded into a full-length version called ''[[Imagine Imogen]]''.

Revision as of 06:08, 18 November 2022

Cecily is a one-act play for 3 women by Gillian Plowman

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Following a motorcycle accident in which her boyfriend was killed, Cecily is brain-damaged. Her lone parent, Sheila, is struggling to cope whilst her aunt, Ellen, tries to distance herself from the situation. Ellen, elegant and married, comes to visit and gradually intense and complicated family relationships are revealed when Sheila confronts Ellen with her responsibilities.

Published by Samuel French in 1991.

The play was also expanded into a full-length version called Imagine Imogen.

Translated into Afrikaans by Johann Brand, the text published by DALRO in 1994.

https://www.gillian-plowman.co.uk/play/cecily/