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"Volume two of a series of four plays written by Pam Gems. Betty's Wonderful Christmas, The Socialists, Guinevere and Ethel. Betty's Wonderful Christmas was my first stage play. The setting is a small country town between the two World Wars, when living was still harsh for many people; the Salvation Army providing the only loving support for many in real distress. The Socialists - a play set in two eras: the revolutionary Seventies, and the reactionary' Eighties. Has been compared to Dostoeyevsky's The Devils. There has never been a Guinevere like Maggie Jordan who mercilessly berates that arch-chauvinist Arthur, and brings woman's lib to Camelot. Pam Gems's new play inventively harnesses the legend and has Guinevere pouring out her feelings of desperation and frustration at being treated as chattel by the uncomprehending Arthur, played by Sean McCarthy. Ethel - An amusing play with songs about the American singer, Ethel Merman. A musical play in two acts - Based on a true story ""We had Ethel Merman on the show and, afterwards, nobody could hear for a week."" JERRY LEWIS."

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Betty's Wonderful Christmas, by Pam Gems, is offered to older children and adults. Irving Wardle. The Times. 6/1/1972 I've got to know the dark side of the moon is a song at the beginning of the play, and this is the theme for the play. Time Out. 17/1/1972 Pam Gems's new play inventively harnesses the legend and has Guinevere pouring out her feelings... Richard Mowe. Scottish Evening News. August 27, 1976 If you want to know what's wrong with contemporary British drama, hurry to the Barbican for The Danton Affair. Go along anyway, because Pam Gems's play exhibits such operatic magnificence as is not to be missed. Jim Hiley. THE LISTENER 24 July 1986 As playwright Pam Gems and most women know, Hell Hath No Fury Like A Man Scorned. Ann McFerran. Time Out. October 15, 1976 The play is informative and entertaining rather than proselytizing. Not that there's not a message, but it isn't hard-sell. Suzanne Lowry. The Guardian. June 7th 1974 Feminists will love Pam Gems's 'The Treat' at the ICA Theatre. Most male chauvinist pigs who can take time off from abusing their partners will also find it a bit of a wheeze. KEITH NURSE. Daily Telegraph. 18/2/1982 PAM GEMS proved with Piaf that she is not the kind of dramatist to pull any punches... CHARLES SPENCER. Evening Standard 17/2/1982 Pam Gems shows considerable dramatic skill in instructing us in the principles of Gestalt Therapy while, at the same time, involving us in a series of flesh-and-blood encounters. TED WHITEHEAD. The Spectator. 24/12/1977 You must do it for yourself; there are no gurus. That is the philosophy that informs the new Pam Gems play. BERNARD LEVIN. Sunday Times.11/12/1977 Pam Gems's adaptation of Ibsen's century-old masterpiece (from a literal translation) does much to restore some of the thunder and lightning of its early salvoes in the cause of women's emancipation. RICHARD KELLY. The Guardian. 12/01/1980. In this towering adaptation by Pam Gems, Nora Helmer sloughs off the wraps of respectability to become her own person. PHIL PENFOLD. The Evening Chronicle. 11/01/1980. All I can do here is praise, with all the authority I can muster... DAVID DURMAN. The Journal. 11/01/1980. It is rare that one goes to a lunchtime and is confronted with a combination of equally high standard of writing, production and performance. YORI KOHUT. The Stage 03/05/1979 The play has a thriller-like suspense as the Westerners are caught up in a coup . . . One of the meatiest nights of theatre on offer . . . MICHAEL BILLINGTON. The Guardian. 06/03/1994 One of the great voices of contemporary theatre, and one of the most powerful voices of feminist theatre... NICK AHAD. Yorkshire Evening Post. 17/03/2006 It should tickle most people's fancy, theatre buffs or no... BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE. The Daily Telegraph. 20/03/2006 The result, however, is much more savage than the movie. MICHAEL BILLINGTON. The Guardian. 28/08/1991 That is a complex and estimable additio

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