<P> This play is about the difficult relationships between mothers and daughters and explores the themes of independence , growing up and secrets . A story which explores the lives and relationships of four generations of women : Doris , Margaret , Jackie and Rosie . Their loves , expectations , and choices are set against the huge social changes of the twentieth century . When Jackie falls pregnant with Rosie , without a husband , she is unable to cope and hands over the baby to her mother , Margaret . The play looks at the consequences of this secret and each woman 's opinion on it . The play has a minimalist set and is deliberately unrealistic . One of the most unrealistic things in the play is the waste ground scenes where all characters become children . In these scenes , Doris becomes the youngest child at 5 , with Rosie at 8 and Jackie and Margaret both 9 . Some viewers have said that `` it works backwards on itself which can get rather confusing . '' The scenes do not follow in chronological order , so in one scene Margaret will be a young child during the war being comforted by her mother Doris and in the next Jackie will be a child visiting her grandma Doris . This can also be slightly confusing because it is not specifically mentioned how old the characters are in each scene , but mostly it is very self - explanatory . </P>
<P> This play is about the difficult relationships between mothers and daughters and explores the themes of independence , growing up and secrets . A story which explores the lives and relationships of four generations of women : Doris , Margaret , Jackie and Rosie . Their loves , expectations , and choices are set against the huge social changes of the twentieth century . When Jackie falls pregnant with Rosie , without a husband , she is unable to cope and hands over the baby to her mother , Margaret . The play looks at the consequences of this secret and each woman 's opinion on it . The play has a minimalist set and is deliberately unrealistic . One of the most unrealistic things in the play is the waste ground scenes where all characters become children . In these scenes , Doris becomes the youngest child at 5 , with Rosie at 8 and Jackie and Margaret both 9 . Some viewers have said that `` it works backwards on itself which can get rather confusing . '' The scenes do not follow in chronological order , so in one scene Margaret will be a young child during the war being comforted by her mother Doris and in the next Jackie will be a child visiting her grandma Doris . This can also be slightly confusing because it is not specifically mentioned how old the characters are in each scene , but mostly it is very self - explanatory . </P>
themes in my mother said i never should
themes in my mother said i never should
independence growing up secrets
independence growing up secrets