Nick Hern Books, 2005

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Scenes: 12, Roles: Total (6), Female (6), Male (0), Unassigned (0)

...Amanda Whittington’s debut play Be My Baby sheds light on teenage pregnancy in 60s Britain. Featuring an all-female cast the play has proved incredibly popular with schools and drama groups across the UK and is currently a set text for GCSE...

Nick Hern Books, 2007

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (13), Female (4), Male (9), Unassigned (0)

...Amanda Whittington’s Ladies Down Under is a sequel to her hit play, Ladies’ Day and follows the fortunes of Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda as they head to Australia. Having won an absolute fortune at the races last time...

Nick Hern Books, 2022

NHB Modern Plays

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 27, Roles: Total (8), Female (8), Male (0), Unassigned (0)

...Amanda Whittington's play Ladies Unleashed is a comedy about friendship, growing older and living for today. It is the third play in her Ladies Trilogy, following Ladies’ Day (2005) and Ladies Down Under (2007), reuniting the popular...

Nick Hern Books, 2006

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 10, Roles: Total (10), Female (4), Male (6), Unassigned (0)

...Ladies’ Day is a comedy drama from Amanda Whittington about four unlikely lasses from Hull who decide to take a day trip to the races. Focusing on the friendship between the four distinctly different women, the play has proved hugely...

Nick Hern Books, 2013

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 17, Roles: Total (5), Female (4), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain in 1955 after being convicted of shooting her lover, David Blakely, in cold blood. The Thrill of Love dramatises this infamous true story and takes a closer look at the women behind...