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Red Ellen

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'A working-class woman inside the walls of Westminster? If that is not espionage, I do not know what is.'

Forever on the right side of history, but on the wrong side of life, Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson is caught between revolutionary and parliamentary politics as she fights for a better world.

Battling to save Jewish refugees in Nazi Germany; campaigning for Britain to aid the fight against Franco's Fascists in Spain; leading two hundred workers in the Jarrow Crusade against unemployment and poverty... she pursues each cause with a passionate, reckless conviction.

And yet – despite a life spent running into the likes of Albert Einstein and Ernest Hemingway, serving in Churchill's cabinet, having affairs with communist spies and government ministers – she still finds herself, somehow, on the outside looking in.

Caroline Bird's play Red Ellen is the remarkable true story of an inspiring and brilliant woman. It was first produced by Northern Stage, Nottingham Playhouse and the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in 2022.

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Authors:
Bird, Caroline
Year Published:
2022
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781839040665
Number of Pages:
112
Publication Date:
31/03/2022
Publisher:
Nick Hern Books
Series:
NHB Modern Plays
Place of Publication:
London
Language:
English
SKU:
9781839040665

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