Broken Doll

Genre: Drama

Period: Present Day

Place: Suburban Australia

Length: One act

Characters: 3 F; 1 M or F

Warnings: Coarse language; sexual references; adult themes

Synopsis
XXXX has been institutionalised after a breakdown, but through her, we see that it isn’t she who is broken, but the system that allowed the abuse to go on undetected.

Characters
XXXX – Institutionalised after a breakdown caused by repeated sexual abuse at the hands of her father

Doctor – XXXX’s caseworker.

Mother – XXXX’s mother, she is bullied and occasionally beaten by her husband, so turns a blind eye to what he is doing to XXXX.

Young XXXX – through whose eyes we see the direct effects of the abuse, and the inattention of her mother.