Beth Henley
Playwright
1952-08-08
Quotes by Beth Henley
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The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi.
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It's called Sisters of the Winter Madrigal. It was interesting for me to see it done after so many years; because I wrote it and I didn't realize what a rage I was in.
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I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays.
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The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better than your play.
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My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.
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