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Multi-talented performer Victoria Wood will write and star in a new wartime drama, called Housewife, 49.
Based on the real diary of a Lancashire housewife, the show will follow the trials and tribulations of Nella Last, who struggles with a difficult marriage and feelings of uselessness as her sons leave home but finds an outlet and source of strength by starting a diary.
The actress revealed the origins of her interest in the project: "I was given Nella's diary many years ago, and had always thought it was a fantastic story - with a load of great parts for middle aged women!"
"This is not the war of the newsreels - it's about tiny domestic difficulties, chilly church halls, lumpy custard. And Nella is fighting her own war, one that she hopes will end in liberation," she added.
Based on the real diary of a Lancashire housewife, the show will follow the trials and tribulations of Nella Last, who struggles with a difficult marriage and feelings of uselessness as her sons leave home but finds an outlet and source of strength by starting a diary.
The actress revealed the origins of her interest in the project: "I was given Nella's diary many years ago, and had always thought it was a fantastic story - with a load of great parts for middle aged women!"
"This is not the war of the newsreels - it's about tiny domestic difficulties, chilly church halls, lumpy custard. And Nella is fighting her own war, one that she hopes will end in liberation," she added.
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