Zoe Tapper and Samuel West star in Elizabeth Robins's play,
first performed in 1907 and written to support the cause of women's
suffrage.
Admired Conservative MP Geoffrey Stonor is relishing his engagement to the ebullient young heiress Jean Dunbarton until a chance encounter with the charismatic Vida Levering, an advocate of women's suffrage, appears to threaten them both - not just politically, but personally too.
Admired Conservative MP Geoffrey Stonor is relishing his engagement to the ebullient young heiress Jean Dunbarton until a chance encounter with the charismatic Vida Levering, an advocate of women's suffrage, appears to threaten them both - not just politically, but personally too.
Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow
Votes
for Women is a suffragette play, originally performed in 1907 at the
Court Theatre (now the Royal Court), which remains both modern and
surprisingly controversial. Writer Elizabeth Robins, an American
actress, was hugely admired by London audiences at the time, most
notably for her performance as Hedda Gabler. A philanthropist and
doyenne of the literati, she was also famed for having pulled a gun on
George Bernard Shaw when he made a pass at her! Votes for Women was
originally written as a novel - Robins having done her research by
interviewing women about their lives (this forms the middle of the play,
set at a rally in Trafalgar Square). It was turned into a play when the
suffragette movement realised the power of theatre to affect public
opinion and, shortly after its run in London, Robins was instrumental in
setting up the Actresses' Franchise League.
Credits
| Role | Contributor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Elizabeth Robins | ||
| Vida Levering | Zoe Tapper | ||
| Geoffrey Stonor | Samuel West | ||
| Jean Dunbarton | Charity Wakefield | ||
| Lady John | Sylvestra Le Touzel | ||
| Lord John | Michael Bertenshaw | ||
| Farnborough | Jolyon Coy | ||
| Mrs Freddy | Philippa Stanton | ||
| Lydia Heriot/Working Woman | Joanna Brookes | ||
| St John Greatorex | Sean Murray | ||
| Ernestine Blunt | Emerald O'Hanrahan | ||
| Mr Pilcher | Ben Crowe | ||
| Director | Marion Nancarrow | ||
| Producer | Marion Nancarrow |
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