
Exam Board SQALevel Higher Subject Reading First Teaching September 2014 First Exam June 2015 This play a specified text for Revised Higher English is the story of three women in war-torn Belfast Although their men have been killed or imprisoned for their political activities everyday life must go on However the arrival of a disturbing young girl & the revelations which follow threaten to disrupt their friendship The main themes are largely domestic
- relationships between women & within families dreams & homemaking The language is colloquial with Irish idioms & many contemporary references & there is a poignant ending The play is aimed at students of English particularly those studying Higher Grade English In 1991 Rona Munro won the Susan Smith Blackburn Award & " The Evening Standard" Most Promising Playwright Award for " Bold Girls"