The Chalk Garden
By Enid Bagnold
About the Show
By Enid Bagnold, directed by Rene Hughes Elderly Mrs St. Maugham is now living in her country manor house with her young granddaughter Laurel. Laurel is estranged from her mother, who has re-married and is living abroad. They are served by a man-servant who is overworked and exploited by both the imperious grandmother and her wilful and disruptive granddaughter. Over the premises, unseen, is the brooding presence of the former butler, now bed-ridden and cared for by a nurse. Into this dysfunctional household comes the enigmatic Miss Madrigal, engaged by the distracted grandmother, without references, to be governess to Laurel. Madrigal, however, hides a secret past and her usual self-control is jolted into a feverish state of anxiety with unexpected return of Laurel’s mother and a visitor by whom she was known in the past. Is Madrigal’s true identity about to be revealed ?
