New Vic, Newcastle under LymeThe facts are not in dispute. On 11 April 1955, Ruth Ellis shot and murdered her lover, David Blakely, outside a Hampstead pub. Ellis was found guilty and became the last woman to be hanged in Britain. But why was she so keen to admit her guilt, and so loth to offer any defence, even refusing to name " until too late " the person who gave her the loaded gun?Amanda Whittington's play start…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM on February 27, 2013