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Steaming (play)

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Written by
  
Original language
  
English

Playwright
  
Date premiered
  
1981

First performance
  
1981

Genre
  
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Place premiered
  
Theatre Royal, StratfordLondon

Subject
  
Five women of all conditions come to bare their bodies, souls and fantasies.

Setting
  
A London Turkish bath in the late 1970s.

Places premiered
  
Theatre Royal Stratford East, Stratford, London

Similar
  
Comedy plays, Other plays

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Steaming is a 1981 play written by English playwright Nell Dunn first staged at Theatre Royal, Stratford, in London. It won the 1981 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy (at the time known as the Society of West End Theatre Award for Best New Comedy). During 2010, Jally Entertainment toured Australia with the play, starring Val Lehman (Prisoner) and Alli Pope.

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Film adaptation

The play was adapted for film by Patricia Losey released in 1985. The film was directed by Joseph Losey with Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, and Diana Dors.

References

Steaming (play) Wikipedia