Stolen
Harrison’s play ‘Stolen’ illustrates the disastrous consequences of severing the spiritual and biological links between a mother and child. The play explores the tragedies of the stolen children and the effects of what may happen to the child’s psychological mind and physical appearance when being separated between mother and child. ... Shirley could not bear the pain of losing another child to welfare, as she knows the pain of losing children to welfare, and being a stolen child herself. ... ” Harrison uses Shirley as the mother symbol to represent the pain of first being a stolen child and then having her own children stolen. ... ” ‘Stolen’ explored the disastrous consequences of severing the biological and spiritual link between a mother and child.