Nick Hern Books, 2013

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 26, Roles: Total (21), Female (9), Male (12), Unassigned (0)

...Blue Stockings follows the story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage written by director and writer, Jessica Swale. 1896. Girton College...

Nick Hern Books, 2016

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 25, Roles: Total (14), Female (7), Male (7), Unassigned (0)

...Jessica Swale's Nell Gwynn is a historical drama about the life of the seventeenth-century actress who rose from obscure roots to win the heart of King Charles II. It was first performed at Shakespeare’s Globe, London, on 19 September 2015....

Nick Hern Books, 2023

NHB Modern Plays

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Scenes: 11, Roles: Total (23), Female (5), Male (12), Unassigned (6)

...Jessica Swale's play The Playhouse Apprentice is a historical drama set in Elizabethan London, exploring censorship, patronage and the power of the authorities to close the theatres.   It was first performed...