The play is lit by candlelight alone, each candle representing a life, so as the play goes on, more people die and it gets increasingly darker (get it?!).
Your all-time feminist goody-bag.
This is an online event hosted on the British Library platform. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time.
Feminism is the focus of the British Library’s acclaimed current exhibition Unfinished Business: the Fight for Women’s Rights, and it is the inspiration for a new Penguin anthology of writing.
Buy your copy of The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing for £25 at checkout (with free UK postage) and attend the event at no extra cost.
Hannah Dawson is a historian of ideas at King’s College London, and a regular contributor to television, radio and festivals. She wrote books on Hobbes and Locke until her consciousness was raised.