OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Gina Moxley 

• Adapted From Notes

  Adapted from the Three Approaches to Psychotherapy, also known as The Gloria Films (1965). 

• Synopsis

  1964, California. A nine year old girl, Pammy, asks the question, “Mommy, did you ever go to bed with anyone besides daddy?” The child’s mother, Gloria, recently divorced and struggling with her new single status, lies “No, honey.” Gloria later wrote in her diary “What was I supposed to say? Of course, dear. Everyone does? Oh shit.”

  Gloria’s discomfort with her own sexual desire, her trying to be good but wanting to be bad, became central to the 1965 films Three Approaches to Psychotherapy, also known as The Gloria Films. The films were intended for academic purposes but given a cinema and TV release, betraying the privacy of the patient Gloria.

  This is a meditation on female desire in a new political context where misogyny is the winning ticket. Things could get messy. Very messy indeed.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Female

  3

• Cast Notes

  The original production also featured a chorus of five 'Young Women of Ireland'.

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  29 September 2018

• Production Notes

  Produced by The Abbey Theatre and Gina Moxley in association with Pan Pan as part of Dublin Theatre Festival. 

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach In association with Pan Pan

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Performed on the Peacock Stage. 

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

The information for this entry was taken from the play's original production programme.