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Salt, Root and Roe
Tim Price's Salt, Root and Roe is a heartbreaking, humorous tale of love and family set against a mythical backdrop.
Set on the Pembrokeshire coast in West Wales, identical twins Iola and Anest remain devoted to each other. Ageing fast, and with the time they have together more fragile by the day, they arrive at a desperate decision. Word of this reaches Anest's daughter Menna, who rushes to her long abandoned childhood home where her own ideas of love and compromise are tested to the limit.
In spite of the sombre themes of death and bereavement, the writing is light, textured and at times very picking out moments of joy and sadness with seemingly effortless grace.
Touching relationships and believable characterisation provide a poignant backdrop to Salt, Root and Roe , where pragmatism, exhausted lives and childrens' fairytales collide in this exploration of grief, loss and acceptance.
Set on the Pembrokeshire coast in West Wales, identical twins Iola and Anest remain devoted to each other. Ageing fast, and with the time they have together more fragile by the day, they arrive at a desperate decision. Word of this reaches Anest's daughter Menna, who rushes to her long abandoned childhood home where her own ideas of love and compromise are tested to the limit.
In spite of the sombre themes of death and bereavement, the writing is light, textured and at times very picking out moments of joy and sadness with seemingly effortless grace.
Touching relationships and believable characterisation provide a poignant backdrop to Salt, Root and Roe , where pragmatism, exhausted lives and childrens' fairytales collide in this exploration of grief, loss and acceptance.
96 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2011
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December 21, 2023
4.5, rounded down.
This is really a lovely, sadly elegiac play about two identical twin septuagenarian Welsh sisters, one of whom is facing dementia, and their desire to end their lives with each other. Only Price's second full-length play, it shows full mastery of the playwright's craft and art.
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/201...
https://variety.com/2011/legit/review...
https://www.walesartsreview.org/salt-...
https://thetheatretimes.com/salt-root...
This is really a lovely, sadly elegiac play about two identical twin septuagenarian Welsh sisters, one of whom is facing dementia, and their desire to end their lives with each other. Only Price's second full-length play, it shows full mastery of the playwright's craft and art.
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/201...
https://variety.com/2011/legit/review...
https://www.walesartsreview.org/salt-...
https://thetheatretimes.com/salt-root...
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