The Ladies Cage
by Maureen McManus
by Maureen McManus
The Ladies Cage examines the significant yet overlooked contributions of women, particularly Anna Parnell, in the Irish nationalist movement while challenging societal constraints on women during the Victorian era.
About The Play
About The Play
In a full bodied attack on conventional wisdom, The Ladies Cage strips away the myths surrounding the ‘Uncrowned King of Ireland’, the Victorian Irish Nationalist leader, Charles Stewart Parnell. Uncovering a forgotten piece of women’s history, the play is inspired by the life of his sister Anna Parnell, and reveals the pivotal role played by women in freeing the Irish from British rule – and themselves from the “ladies’ cage” that imprisons them…
Following its run at the Finborough Theatre, the production will transfer to the Manchester Royal Exchange Studio