Hard to Swallow

2020 Edition<br>

Set text for Eduqas GCSE 9-1 Drama exam<p>Based on Maureen Dunbar’s award-winning book and film <i>Catherine: The Story of a Young Girl Who Died of Anorexia Nervosa</i>. Catherine Dunbar died in 1984, after a seven-year battle against anorexia nervosa. She was just twenty-two.<p>

Mark Wheeller’s potent documentary play uses the words from Catherine’s diaries and also of those most closely involved and affected. This 2020 edition includes a foreword by the late Maureen Dunbar, previously unseen extra scenes and a reflection by Mark, on the astonishing journey of this widely studied play since its first performances, including one by OYT on the Olivier Stage of the Royal National Theatre.<p>Duration: 75 minutes approximately<br>

Cast: 6 female, 3 male, 22 female/male, or 3 female and

2 male with doubling