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Whittington entered a one-act play competition run by the Soho
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Norma's baby is taken away to be adopted, causing her to suffer from stress and have hallucinations. Mary gives birth to a girl she called Lucy, helped by
Queenie, whom it is revealed has already had a baby before. Lucy gets taken away from Mary and is given to an adoptive family. The play ends with
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Set in 1964, the protagonist of the play is a 19-year-old girl called Mary. Her mother (Mrs. Adams) discovers that Mary is seven months pregnant and sends her to a religious mother-baby home. Other girls staying at the home are
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