Jessica Swale's Blue StockingsJessica Swale Lois JearyLabel: Nick Hern BooksDescription: Jessica Swale's Blue Stockings is the empowering and surprising story of four young women fighting for their right to a university education in a world that assumed women belonged at home. First produced professionally at Shakespeare's Globe in 2013 and a sell-out success it is now regularly performed by theatre groups in the UK and beyond and widely studied by GCSE Drama students.This Page to Stage guide written by the playwright who also directed the first production at RADA along with her assistant director Lois Jeary is packed with contextual information scene-by-scene and character breakdowns and personal insights into the world of the play and the real lives that inspired it.An invaluable resource for those studying and staging the play it takes you through the entire production process considering each of the elements in turn from sound and music to design and rehearsals. You'll also find notes from the original rehearsal process extracts from working diaries and interviews with key members of the creative team. Throughout there are hints and tips on staging and helpful games and exercises to bring the play to life on the stage and in the classroom.Highly accessible and uniquely authoritative it is the indispensible guide for anyone studying teaching or performing the play.
