The
first popular Theatre Supper of the year is the
Talking
Heads monologues featuring
A Lady of Letters and
Bed
Among the Lentils.Many of the characters in Bennett's writing
are unfortunate and downtrodden, or meek and overlooked. Life has
brought them to an impasse, or else passed them by altogether. In
many cases they have met with disappointment in the realm of sex and
intimate relationships, largely through tentativeness and a failure
to connect with others.
The Talking Heads monologues
depict several stages in a character's decline from an initial state
of denial or ignorance of their predicament, through a slow
realization of the hopelessness of their situation, and progressing
to a bleak or ambiguous conclusion
In A Lady of Letters - Miss Ruddock thinks
'corresponding' is every citizen's right in a free society, but she
gets her first taste of real freedom in the most unlikely place.
In Bed Among the Lentils - Susan doesn't feel she
has any of the talents needed to be a vicar's wife and finds herself
seeking comfort elsewhere.
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