31 Plays in 31 Days, #26 - “Fierce Girls”

I really like the idea that in the next installment of the mainline Hawking series, Clara gets a journey of having to accept that yet another one of her family members is drawn to Mrs. Hawking and her work in a way that Clara will never understand. But it’s particularly hard, because it’s her only daughter, Beatrice, who she had hoped would stay in her world.

This shows a moment of Clara making that transition to allow her daughter to be her own person and pursue her own dreams. But it also calls on Mrs. Hawking to acknowledge Clara, to make her own effort to make sure her grandniece understands that she comes from many formidable women, and to not ignore her mother’s strengths in favor of other kinds. It demonstrates a pretty big step for both of them, given how rocky their relationship has been over various points.

This would follow after Day #4 - “Soft Touch” and Day #26 - “Her Own” from 31P31D 2019.


Photo by Daniel Fox

( Day #25 - Fierce Girls )