Classic Radio Theatre
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When We Are Married everything you need to catch up, study and prepare for and 2023 and 2024 exams and assessments
by J B Priestley and Paul Nye
- How to study the text
- Author and historical background
- General and detailed summaries
- Commentary on themes, structure, characters, language and style
- Glossaries
- Test questions and issues to consider
- Essay writing advice
- Cultural connections
- Literary terms
- Illustrations
- Colour design
The Conways are having a party to celebrate Kay's twenty first birthday. Kay hopes to be a novelist. Hazel, the beauty, anticipates a romantic marriage. Madge wants to reform the world and marry the dashing young family lawyer. Carol, the baby of the family, spreads good cheer while Robin, back from war, is certain to have a good career. Alan is content to be an armchair philosopher. The nitwit mother has high hopes for them all. At the party Kay, with frightening clarity, sees her family twenty years in the future. They are petty, mean, and unfulfilled. Only Kay and her calm brother realize time is relative and there is something fine and worthwhile beyond.