Overall, one leaves the Finborough Theatre feeling inspired as the subjects of IVF and relationships are dealt with using a warmth which is perhaps surprising. The play works both as a superb example of English prose, as well as a piece of drama/theatre. Pennyroyal seamlessly moves through the years, the dialogue sounding very natural as the sisters gradually learn how to deal with the disappointments and regrets over the years, but at the same time being very ‘alive’ and at times very funny, as well as being poignant and surprisingly moving. As the years go by and the long road of IVF stretches away in front, the sisters’ relationship begins to twist…. When Daphne (Madison Clare) is diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency at the age of nineteen, her sister Charlotte (Lucy Roslyn) steps in to help in the only way she knows how: by donating her eggs. Madison Clare and Lucy Roslyn in Pennyroyal – credit Helen Murray. The playwright, Lucy Roslyn, was inspired to write it having read Edith Wharton’s novella The Old Maid. Pennyroyal is a beautifully written new play about sisterhood and motherhood, enduring love and regrets, many years in the making.
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