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A Passionate Woman review " Kay Mellor's wry rummage through middle-aged angst by Arifa Akbar

Leeds PlayhouseA year after Mellor's death, Tess Seddon directs her 1993 play marked by dry northern wit, knowing ridiculousness and deep, understated sadness Kay Mellor's play features a working-class woman of a certain age caught in an unfulfilling marriage and yearning for romance. Not nearly as well known as Shirley Valentine " even though it was cast in a comic vein and adapted for the screen in 2010 " maybe it …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM on May 25, 2023

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