| Description | Programme for 'The Welkin' in the Lyttelton Theatre. Programme contains introductory essay 'On the Ropes' Charles Meyrick finds out about the work of the National Theatre's Rigging department. Includes other texts: 'The Business of Men' Helena Kennedy QC on how the justice cyctem fails women; 'The Women's Labour' an Epistle to Mr Stephen Duck by Mary Collier; ' The Art of Midwifery' Extracts from The Midwives Book by Jane Sharp; 'Plus ça Change' Leah Kaminsky on medicine and the struggle for control of women's bodies; 'The Cusp of Change' Amanda Goodrich on Georgian Britain. Includes cast and creative biographies and rehearsal images by Brinkhoff/Mögenburg. |