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by Jessica Swale
Girton College, Cambridge was the first college in England to admit women but they were not allowed to graduate. They leave university stigmatised as ‘blue stockings’ – without qualifications and unmarriageable. It is 1896 and Jessica Swale’s lively and amusing play tells the story of Tess Moffat and a group of ‘first-years’ determined to win the right to graduate.
Their story is followed over one tumultuous year as they encounter the many hurdles in their way - the class divide, misogyny, and the university opposition – not forgetting the distractions of love. Finally the whole issue is put to the vote…
By arrangement with Nick Hern Books
Tickets £10 (£8)
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