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The trials of a Cypriot mother
ANGELA COBBINAH applauds the success of a tribute in drama by a daughter to her immigrant mother
Ilias Alexeas and Elena Hadjiafxendi as Andy and Theophana  [Lakruwan Rajapaksha]

Love in a Foreign Land
The Playground Theatre, London

 

AN elderly woman looks back on her life in London that began in 1959 when she travelled by boat from Cyprus to seek out her husband, an irresponsible charmer who has gone off the radar.

“You must do things differently,” she urges in frustration from one side of the stage as her younger self attempts to rescue the marriage on the other, knowing that she can’t change the past. 

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