Sophie

Female | 20s | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 44

EXTRACT: Maybe you're right and it was - not so simple as it looked, but they gave such a strong sense of - love for each other and inside that - I felt - I felt loved. And since I've gotten older I don't feel - [Weeping] I feel as if all that - all the - Everything that saved me has fallen from me and you know, I'm not a child any more. No. I'm not a kid any more. But I still feel - I need - I need... [Beat.] Iwish - I - wish I was more - like you. Like you.

REVIEW: HONOUR BY JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH

EMMA BELL, STAGE WHISPERS

"This play is up close and personal. It may hit a tender spot for those who've come close to a situation similar to one of these characters as the delivery is so realistic. It’s a fly on the wall view into the lives of this upper-middle class couple’s exhausting, confronting, yet also tender and poignant journey through life and love."

REVIEW: OUTSTANDING CAST DOES HONOUR TO MURRAY-SMITH PLAY

JENNY BLAIN, ABC ARTS, 5 MAY 2010

"Joanna Murray-Smith's play Honour finds new relevance in a treatment that is intelligent, intelligible and beautifully nuanced."

REVIEW: HONOUR | SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY

JACK TEIWES, AUSTRALIAN STAGE, 23 APRIL 2010

"For those with the patience for rich, thought-provoking drama, this engrossing study of moral frailty and emotional turmoil will be tremendously rewarding, brought vibrantly to life by some truly excellent performances."