London's Royal Court
had been vying with New York for the world premiere. Not I, Footfalls, and Rockaby (1981) were all associated with the actress Billie Whitelaw
.
Parker, Peter, editor. The Reader’s Companion to Twentieth-Century Writers. Fourth Estate and Helicon.
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Textual Production
Beryl Bainbridge
Before beginning work on The Dressmaker, BB
had begun on a novel set in the USA entitled He's the Captan of the Team. This seems to have no connection with The Dressmaker...