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Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives (NHB Modern Plays) - Eight Monologues - cover

Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives (NHB Modern Plays) - Eight Monologues

Theresa Ikoko, AB Morgan, Charlene James, Vicky Jones, Zinne Harris, Rachel De-lahay, EV Crowe, Tanika Gupta

Publisher: Nick Hern Books

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Summary

A young actress meets a powerful film producer in his hotel suite. A revolutionary leads an attack on a colonial club in India. A bereaved mother defends herself against charges of infanticide.
Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives documents, remembers and bears witness to a century of struggle for progress and equality for women in the United Kingdom.
Moving, funny, tragic and empowering, these eight monologues address the constant efforts of women to carve out their rights both in domestic and public spheres – from the criminalisation of marital rape to the first Reclaim the Night march – proclaiming a history of perseverance and resilience shown by women's rights activists in this country.
Curated by Royal Court Artistic Director, Vicky Featherstone, the monologues for Snatches were commissioned to mark the centenary of women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. They were broadcast on BBC Four in 2018, directed by Vanessa Caswill, Vicky Featherstone and Rachna Suri, and starring Jodie Comer, Siobhan Finneran, Romola Garai, Shirley Henderson, Liv Hill, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Kiran Sonia Sawar and Antonia Thomas.
Available since: 07/16/2018.
Print length: 112 pages.

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