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As her wounds heal, she finds comfort in a friendship with the gentle, devoted Ben, whose care grows increasingly watchful until protection and possession begin to blur. It is the biting debut play by Saskia Mollard and Tobias Abbott, winner of the Best New Writing Award at the London Pub Theatre Standing Ovation Awards. 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