The idea for this play started with the vintage photo - a rare and unusual shot of two women enjoying a fishing outing circa 1930. The photograph suggested camaraderie and leisurely escape, which in turn set up a dramatic contrast with the complexities and challenges faced by some women in the Pre-WWII English countryside. “Cora” and “Tess” are based on my paternal grandmother and great aunt respectively. No doubt both would roll over in their graves if they knew where such a play’s storyline might take them, though I think both would have felt at home in their tweeds aboard a small fishing dingy.
