Speechless (play)

Speechless
Original languageEnglish
Written byLinda Brogan and Polly Teale
Based on
The Silent Twins
by  Marjorie Wallace
Premiere
Date5 August 2010 (2010-08-05)
PlaceTraverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Original run5 August 2010 (2010-08-05) - 29 August 2010 (2010-08-29)

Speechless is a 2011 play by British playwrights Linda Brogan and Polly Teale. It was based on The Silent Twins by Marjorie Wallace, telling the story of June and Jennifer Gibbons.[1] Its premiere was a national tour of the UK from 20 September to 26 November 2011, in a Shared Experience-Sherman Cymru co-production – venues included the Arcola Theatre in London and the Edinburgh Festival.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Rank, Julia, Review of Speechless at Arcola Theatre, Exeunt Magazine, October 2011
  2. ↑ Gardner, Lyn, Edinburgh Festival 2010, The Guardian, 8 August 2010