Shakespeare's Globe, LondonJessica Swale's first play leaves you astonished at the prejudices the pioneers of women's education had to overcomeJessica Swale has chosen, for her first play, a cracking subject: the battle fought at Girton College, Cambridge, in 1896 to earn women the right to graduate. Even if each scene is calculated to make a point, Swale writes with palpable vigour and leaves you astonished at the p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM on August 30, 2013