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Matron of Honor

(1994)


Matron of Honor (1994) - Sallie Bingham

As in her pre­vi­ous nov­els, Bingham con­cerns her­self with fam­ily rela­tion­ships, and in many ways revis­its the ten­sions of her own well-known Kentucky clan, which she chron­i­cled in the non­fic­tion Passion and Prejudice . This muted yet pow­er­ful nar­ra­tive is her best yet, as she cap­tures a promi­nent Kentucky fam­ily, the Masons, at their most vul­ner­a­ble. … →

Upstate

(1993)


Upstate (1993) - Sallie Bingham

A woman’s obses­sion dri­ves an affair out of con­trol, vio­lat­ing social con­tracts and dev­as­tat­ing the peo­ple in its path. For years, Ann and David shared week­ends and hol­i­days with coun­try friends Flora and Edwin, even after wom­an­iz­ing Edwin took Ann away to pick grapes and started a year-long affair. The ground rules were clear from the … →

Small Victories

(1993)


Small Victories (1992) - Sallie Bingham

Southern gothic touches lace this dark, por­ten­tous story of fam­ily lies revealed and griev­ances redressed. In Passion & Prejudice, Bingham described the bit­ter con­flicts that beset sev­eral gen­er­a­tions of her own fam­ily, which owned the Louisville Courier-Journal. She sets this, her sec­ond novel, in a small North Carolina town circa 1958. Louise, the elder of two … →

Passion and Prejudice: A Family Memoir

(1989)


Passion and Prejudice (1989) - Sallie Bingham

For the first time, the dra­matic and dis­turb­ing story of the Binghams is told from the inside by some­one who lived it: Sallie Bingham, an heiress to the Bingham for­tune and to four gen­er­a­tions of fam­ily tra­di­tion and turmoil—the daugh­ter who set in motion the events that led to the dis­so­lu­tion of the fam­ily com­mu­ni­ca­tions empire. … →

The Awakening

(1988)


Horse Cave Theatre

An adap­ta­tion of the novel by Kate Chopin, The Awakening pre­miered at the Horse Cave Theatre in Kentucky in 1988.

Hopscotch

(1986)


Horse Cave Theatre

Hopscotch tells the his­tory of four well-known Kentucky women, includ­ing the truths that are often left out. It was per­formed at the Horse Cave Theatre in Kentucky in 1986.

Paducah

(1985)


Paducah (1983) by Sallie Bingham

Clay Baker is an attrac­tive middle-aged man, long mar­ried to his charm­ing wife, Julia; they live in com­fort­able retire­ment in a small town in west­ern Kentucky called Paducah. Angela is Clay’s long­time mis­tress and Julia’s best friend, a pleas­ant arrange­ment that causes the Baker’s adult daugh­ter, Suzi, a good deal of grief. She is joined in her dis­ap­proval by … →

In the Presence

(1984)


Mill Mountain Theatre

In the Presence is based on the book The Wall Between by the renowned civil rights worker Anne McCarty Braden. It was first per­formed at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1984, and sub­se­quently at the Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1986.

Couvade

(1981)


Actors Theatre Louisville

A one-man show in which the actor gives birth on stage, Couvade was per­formed at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky in 1981.

Milk of Paradise

(1980)


Milk of Paradise (1980) by Sallie Bingham

Milk of Paradise—set over two days in June 1937—follows two chil­dren adrift in a con­fus­ing world of dis­tracted adults and too much poetry. Produced by the Women’s Project & Productions, it was per­formed under the artis­tic direc­tion of Julia Miles at the American Place Theatre in New York City in 1980. Milk of Paradise…deals with a well-to-do fam­ily … →

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