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The Mistress Contract Abi Morgan

The Mistress Contract By Abi Morgan

The Mistress Contract by Abi Morgan


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Summary

A highly unusual story of a thirty year meeting of mind and body, detailing an extraordinary pact between She and He, and their provocative, progressive and poignant relationship. Adapted by acclaimed screenwriter and playwright Abi Morgan.

The Mistress Contract Summary

The Mistress Contract by Abi Morgan

Inspired by the memoir The Mistress Contract by She and He For 30 years he has provided her with a home and an income, while she provides 'mistress services' - 'All sexual acts as requested, with suspension of historical, emotional, psychological disclaimers.' They first met at university and then lost touch. When they met again twenty years later, they began an affair when She - a highly educated, intelligent woman with a history of involvement in the feminist movement - asked her wealthy lover to sign the remarkable document that outlines their unconventional lifestyle: The Mistress Contract. Was her suggestion a betrayal of all that she and the women of her generation had fought for? Or was it brave, honest, and radical? Then - on a small recorder that fit in her purse - this extraordinary couple began to tape their conversations about their relationship, conversations that took place while travelling, over dinner at home and in restaurants, on the phone, even in bed. Based on reams of tape recordings made over their 30 year relationship, The Mistress Contract is a remarkable document of this unconventional couple, and the contract that kept them bound together to this day.

The Mistress Contract Reviews

It's curious, challenging, brittle, unsatisfying in many respects yet surprisingly touching. Perhaps like the relationship itself. * Financial Times *
A romcom for the intellectual classes. * Michael Billington, The Guardian *
[The premise] sounds a) weird and b) complicated. But it's quirkier, funnier and chaster than that. * Time Out *

About Abi Morgan

Abi Morgan is an award-winning writer across theatre, film and television. Theatre credits include: The Night is Darkest Before Dawn; Belly; Tender (nominated for Most Promising Playwright at the Olivier Awards 2002); Tiny Dynamite; Splendour; Fast Food; Sleeping Around and Skinned (Shortlisted for the Allied Domecq Award at the Bush Theatre, UK tour). A BAFTA award-winning writer; on film, she wrote the screenplay for The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep and Shame, directed by Steve McQueen and starring Michael Fassbender and on television, her credits include BBC2's The Hour, Birdsong, starring Eddie Redmayne on BBC1, White Girl and Sex Traffic on Channel 4.

Additional information

GOR005534323
9781783190539
1783190531
The Mistress Contract by Abi Morgan
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20140130
84
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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