''Speechless'' is a 2011 play by British playwrights Linda Brogan and Polly Teale. It was based on ''The Silent Twins'' by
Marjorie Wallace
Marjorie Wallace (born January 23, 1954) is an American actress, television host, model and beauty queen. In Miss World 1973, 1973, she made history as the first woman from the United States to be crowned Miss World, but just 104 days later, pa ...
, telling the story of June and Jennifer Gibbons. Its premiere was a national tour of the UK from 20 September to 26 November 2011, in a
Shared Experience
Shared Experience is a British theatre company. Its current joint
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Sherman Cymru
The Sherman Theatre () is a venue in the Cathays district of Cardiff. It was built as a twin-auditorium venue in 1973 with financial support from University College Cardiff (now Cardiff University). Sherman Cymru was the name of the Sherman Thea ...
co-production - venues included the
Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre is in the London Borough of Hackney. It presents plays, operas and musicals featuring established and emerging artists.
The theatre building, in the former Colourworks paint factory on Ashwin Street, Dalston, houses two studio ...
in London and the Edinburgh Festival.Gardner, Lyn Edinburgh Festival 2010 ''The Guardian'', 8 August 2010
References
External links
*http://www.sharedexperience.org.uk/speechless.html
2011 plays
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