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Boston Marriage

Boston Marriage is set in a late Victorian Boston drawing room, the scene of much backbiting wit from Anna (Roberta Harold) and Claire (Mary Scripps). Anna is being kept by a married man, but she prefers the company of women. Claire, Anna's lover, has become infatuated with a much younger woman whom she hopes Anna will help her seduce. As the two women exchange barbs and take turns taunting Anna's hapless parlor maid, Catherine (Naomi Ruth), Claire's young crush suddenly appears, setting off a crisis that puts both a valuable emerald and the women's futures at risk. To this wickedly funny comedy, Mamet brings his trademark tart dialogue and impeccable plotting, mixed with double entendres and vernacular expressions, to explore the relationship between the two women and their maid. Through humor and nuance, the play explores the negotiation, conflict, compromise and reconciliation that arise in their relationship.