THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS

Director: Leonie Marzecki

Theatre 503 - Rapid Write Response

Writer: Jessica Palfrey

The Milk of Human Kindness, by Jessica Palfrey was written for the Rapid Write Response event at Theatre 503 in response to the play Reared, by John Fitzpatrick. 

The Milk of Human Kindness, is a short black comedy set in Ireland during the potato famine. Ailish is mourning her stillborn baby but her grandmother in law Úna is desperately trying to convince her to consider being a wet nurse.