Dear Octopus (1938)

by Dodie Smith

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The life of an English family shown in terms of the chatter of youngsters, the careers and nursery memories of the middle-aged and the sense of the swift passing of the years.-12 women, 5 men

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A surprisingly sweet play about a family coming back to their childhood home for their parents golden wedding anniversary. It has a lot of opportunities to be cruel, but swerves away from them all, in a warm hearted celebration of family. (

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Dodie Smith : Dear Octopus [programme] Winter 2024 by National Theatre

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Dear Octopus

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1938

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"To the family—that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to."

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The life of an English family shown in terms of the chatter of youngsters, the careers and nursery memories of the middle-aged and the sense of the swift passing of the years.-12 women, 5 men

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