We and Them was written by leading actress and writer, Lena Farugia. She starred in the role of Wallis, the Duchess of Windsor, to critical acclaim during the play’s original run in South Africa.
In 2009, the play had a successful six week run at London’s Finborough Theatre and preparations are now underway for its American premiere in 2011. After an absence of many years from the South African stage, Lena Farugia will again perform the role of the Duchess at the Old Mutual Theatre.
Set in the Duchess of Windsor’s home in Paris during the late 1970’s, the play explores that time when the wise-cracking and aged Duchess, increasingly ill and isolated, begins to enter a twilight world that will overwhelm her final years until her death in 1986. Funny and sad, entertaining and thought provoking, the persuasiveness of commonly held beliefs and the role of the media and propaganda, are underlying themes of this fine, award-winning play.
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