Breathing Corpses
The subtly entwined narratives begin with Amy, a chambermaid with an unlucky knack for finding cadavers in hotel rooms. Jim and Elaine’s lives are shattered after they investigate the odd smell emanating from storage locker B16. Following a wasted day, furious Kate takes her anger out on her lover, Ben. Already bearing the bruises of her temper, he is in danger of falling further victim to her rage. Their stories unfold in an unexpected and darkly humorous plot, which will leave you guessing ’til the end.
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Play description
Breathing Corpses is an award winning 2005 play by the British playwright Laura Wade which first premiered at the Royal Court Theatre.
Tracing the story backwards from the discovery of a corpse named Jim in a hotel room by the seemingly cursed and talkative hotel maid Amy, the play follows the story of Jim and the corpse he found himself in his storage warehouse which drove him to suicide in the first place.
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