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
Books and Plays by Sallie Bingham
Sallie's complete collection of books and plays, in chronological order.
Small Victories
Zoland Books (1993) — Fiction
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
Passion and Prejudice: A Family Memoir
Alfred A. Knopf (1989) — Nonfiction
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)
An adaptation of the novel by Kate Chopin, The Awakening premiered at the Horse Cave Theatre in Kentucky in 1988.
Hopscotch
(1986)
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)
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
In the Presence
(1984)
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,
Couvade
(1981)
A one-man show in which the actor gives birth on stage, Couvade was performed at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky in 1983.
Milk of Paradise
(1980)
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,
The Way It Is Now
Viking Press (1972) — Fiction
In the fifteen stories collected in The Way It Is Now, girlhood, love, sexual initiation, motherhood, and middle age are played out in cauterizing dramas against a variety of background