Women Power and Politics: Then

<div><p>An exciting project in which nine established female playwrights grapple with the complexities of women and politics in Britain''s past. Includes Rebecca Lenkiewicz''s <i>The Lioness</i>, about Elizabeth I and marriage; Marie Jones'' <i>The Milliner and the Weaver</i>, about suffragettes in Ireland; Moira Buffini''s <i>Handbagged</i>, in which Margaret Thatcher meets the queen; and Lucy Kirkwood''s <i>Bloody Wimmin</i>, about nuclear weapons protest "and all that."</p></div>