Wesker's Domestic Plays

In The Friends (1970) Esther is diagnosed with leukaemia causing her friends to reassess their working-class identity their imagined achievements as well as their own mortality. Bluey (1993) is a play about repressed memory resurfacing and three imagined futures that the protagonist cannot muster the courage to confront. In Men Die Women Survive (1990) a trio of estranged wives gather around the dinner table. As they conduct a post-mortem on their failed relationships a tale of betrayal and revenge emerges. Telling the story of a 44-year-old actress Gertie and her influence on Sam a black teenager working as a car-park attendant Wild Spring (1992) explores acting as a metaphor for the false images of ourselves with which we fall in love.