History Theatre / TheWinterGuest

* DangerThinIce: The boys discuss walking out on the frozen sea, wondering whether it'll hold them. At the end, they do take the walk, with Sam talking gently to his kitten, whom he's named Fan, zipped securely in his jacket, promising they'll go back and have tea by the fire together.

* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Old Ladies]]: Chloe and Lily.

* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}

''The Winter Guest'' is a 1995 play by Sharman [=MacDonald=] (mother of Creator/KeiraKnightley) that deals with four different relationships over the course of one freezing cold day in a village on the east coast of Scotland. Frances, a photographer, is hiding away from the world after the death of her husband and is being pestered by her mother, Elspeth. Her son, Alex, skips school and spends the day trying to chat up Nita, who he's just met. Also [[ScottishEnglish dogging it]] are Sam and Tom, who hang out on the deserted beach for the day. They pass by Chloe and Lily, two elderly women who spend their days attending strangers' funerals.

''The Winter Guest'' is a 1995 play by Sharman [=MacDonald=] (mother of KeiraKnightley) that deals with four different relationships over the course of one freezing cold day in a village on the east coast of Scotland. Frances, a photographer, is hiding away from the world after the death of her husband and is being pestered by her mother, Elspeth. Her son, Alex, skips school and spends the day trying to chat up Nita, who he's just met. Also [[ScottishEnglish dogging it]] are Sam and Tom, who hang out on the deserted beach for the day. They pass by Chloe and Lily, two elderly women who spend their days attending strangers' funerals.

In 1997, it was made into a film starring EmmaThompson as Frances and her [[RealLifeRelative mother]] Phyllida Law as Elspeth.

* EducationMama: Sam's mum, who forced him to go to school while he had pneumonia.

[[caption-width-right:214:There's a [[YourMother Yer]] [[RealLifeRelative Maw]] joke in here somewhere.]]

''The Winter Guest'' is a 1995 play by Sharman [=MacDonald=] (mother of KeiraKnightley) that deals with four different relationships over the course of one freezing cold day in a village on the east coast of Scotland. Frances, a photographer, is hiding away from the world after the death of her husband and is being pestered by her mother, Elspeth. Her son, Alex, skips school and spends the day trying to chat up Nita, who he's just met. Also playing hooky are Sam and Tom, who hang out on the deserted beach for the day. They pass by Chloe and Lily, two elderly women who spend their days attending strangers' funerals.

* BonnieScotland

In 1997, in was made into a film starring EmmaThompson as Frances and her [[RealLifeRelative mother]] Phyllida Law as Elspeth.

[[caption-width-right:214:There's a "[[YourMother Yer Maw]]" joke in here somewhere.]]

''The Winter Guest'' is a 1995 play by Sharman MacDonald (mother of KeiraKnightley) that deals with four different relationships over the course of one freezing cold day in a village on the east coast of Scotland. Frances, a photographer, is hiding away from the world after the death of her husband and is being pestered by her mother, Elspeth. Her son, Alex, skips school and spends the day trying to chat up Nita, who he's just met. Also playing hooky are Sam and Tom, who hang out on the deserted beach for the day. They pass by Chloe and Lily, two elderly women who spend their days attending strangers' funerals.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Although no one else is around to hear it, Elspeth does recount a particularly embarrassing story of Frances participating in a junior beauty pageant while on holiday in Prestwick.

* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: It's never explicitly stated how Frances' husband died, although it's by Alex to have been cancer.