'In its revelation of mother-daughter emotions over the years, the play is witho
ut rivals. It is a classic' The Times 'This is a landmark play. The theatrical e
quivalent of breaking the four-minute mile; like Caryl Churchill's Top Girls, po
inting the way for the next generation of playwrights in form and content' Guard
ian Charlotte Keatley's first main stage play My Mother Said I Never Should was
premiered in 1987 at Contact, Manchester, and in 1989 at the Royal Court Theatre
, London.
