14 May 1995
Princess Margaret attends David Hare’s play Skylight.
It is set in a first-floor flat in north-west London.
‘Patterned carpets which have worn to a thread and a long wall of books’ is how the playwright sets the scene. ‘The kitchen area at the back of the room looks cluttered and much used.’
The only female character, Kyra Hollis, ‘is just past thirty. She is returning to her flat, blue with cold. She has a heavy overcoat wrapped round her, and is wearing thick woollen gloves. She is carrying three large plastic bags.’
After it is over, Princess Margaret is asked if she found the play depressing.
‘It was a bit like one’s own life,’ she replies.