Boston Marriage (play)
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Boston Marriage is a 1999 play by American playwright David Mamet. The play concerns two women at the turn of the 20th Century who are in a "Boston marriage," a relationship between two females that involves both physical and emotional intimacy.
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The two leads, Anna and Claire, argue over Claire's new found "Love" while a Scottish Maid, Catherine, is brought to tears by her employer's harsh verbal rebukes. Things get tense as Anna, a mistress to a wealthy gentleman, tries to talk Claire out of her profession of love for another: a young girl. Claire, on the other hand, has already made plans with her young love to meet at Anna's house in the hopes that she will be able to persuade her new love to engage in a sexual act. Things go awry, however, when the young girl arrives and recognizes that a piece of jewelry that Anna is wearing belongs to her mother.
The crisis lies in the question: will Anna and Claire be able to find a way to hold on to both the young girl and her wealthy but unfaithful father?
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