What a Young Wife Ought to Know
by Hannah Moscovitch
November 15– December 2, 2018
An affirming and affecting production - Colin Maclean, gigcity.ca
What a Young Wife Ought to Know
by Hannah Moscovitch
Inspired by true stories of young women during the birth control movement in the early 20th century, this unflinching love story follows a young working class woman in Ottawa. In a time where information on sexual health is withheld from her, Sophie is forced to exist in a society that refuses to acknowledge her as a person with desire, lust, and passion.
What a Young Wife Ought to Know is loosely inspired by Dear Dr. Stopes: Sex in the 1920s, a compilation of the letters sent to the British birth control advocate, Dr. Marie Stopes, as well as by another book of similar letters published in 1915, titled Maternity: Letters From Working Women edited by Margaret Llewelyn Davies. There are phrases and turns of phrase lifted directly from the letters in the text.
Featuring: Merran Carr-Wiggin, Bobbi Goddard & Cole Humeny
Director: Marianne Copithorne
Set & Costume Designer: Tessa Stamp
Lighting Designer: Scott Peters
Composer/Sound Design: Darrin Hagen
Stage Manager: Betty Hushlak
Photo by Ryan Parker Photography
TALK-BACK NIGHT
Supported by CBC
Thursday Novembe 29, 2018
Following the performance
9:20pm FREE OF CHARGE
Join CBC Radio Active host Adrienne Pan with Merran Carr-Wiggin, Cole Humeny, Bobbi Goddard, Marianne Copithorne and special guests as they take you behind the curtain and explore the complex themes of What A Young Wife Ought to Know.
November 15– December 2, 2018
Times
Opening November 15
Tuesday - Saturday @ 8pm
Sundays @ 2pm
No Shows Monday
2 for 1 on November 20 & 27
Talk-back Night
November 29
1hr 15min No Intermission Runtime