Blue Stockings at The Little Theatre of Alexandria

Blue Stockingswritten by Jessica Swaleproduced by Lloyd Bittinger, Margaret Chapman and Christine Farrelldirected by Marzanne ClaiborneBlue Stockings is performed by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. All actors in this production are amateur actors while performing in this production.This historical drama, which premiered at Shakespeares Globe Theatre in London in 2013, follows the story of four women fighting for an education, set against the backdrop of the womens suffrage movement. Set in 1896 at Cambridge University the first college in Britain to admit women. Men graduate with degrees and prospects, but the women leave with nothing but the stigma of being a blue stocking a derogatory term for an educated woman. Follow the men and women of Cambridge University as they shatter prevailing traditions. Conflicts abound as generations, social classes, and genders clash.
Ages: Ages 12 and older