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Pests: 'It is brutal. But it is authentic. I feel ethical, clean about it' by Amelia Gentleman

Rape, abuse, addiction, squalor … in Pests, Vivienne Franzmann brings the lives of women prisoners to the Royal Court. But it's no exercise in poverty tourismVivienne Franzmann's summary of her new play, Pests, begins bleakly and gets grimmer, as the plot brushes together pretty much every conceivable strand of social deprivation into a catastrophic tangle. It stars two sisters, young women who have been in care, w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PM on March 5, 2014

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