A Passionate Woman review " Kay Mellor's wry rummage through middle-aged angst
Leeds PlayhouseA year after Mellor's death, Tess Seddon directs her 1993 play marked by dry northern wit, knowing ridiculousness and deep, understated sadness Kay Mellor's play features a working-class woman of a certain age caught in an unfulfilling marriage and yearning for romance. Not nearly as well known as Shirley Valentine " even though it was cast in a comic vein and adapted for the screen in 2010 " maybe it …