Judith leaves her ex-boyfriend Jack a desperate message on his answerphone informing him she has bought a packet of henna and some razor blades in order to either slash her wrists or dye her hair. What’s more, she says, she might be pregnant. But it is Ros, Jack’s new partner, who hears the message and arrives at Judith’s bedsit.

Henna Night reveals how easily we betray each other when we want something for ourselves and how fraternising with the enemy can feel curiously like spending time with a friend.

Amy Rosenthal’s Henna Night was the winner of the 1999 Sunday Times Drama Award.