FEMALE TRANSPORT
By STEVE GOOCH
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Sat., October 14, 2017 | 8pm Sun., October 15, 2017 | 3pm Fri., October 20, 2017 | 8pm Sat., October 21, 2017 | 8pm Sun., October 22, 2017 | 3pm Fri., October 27, 2017 | 8pm Sat., October 28, 2017 | 8pm |
This stark, hard hitting drama is an account of the political education of six women convicted of petty crimes in 19th century London and sentenced to be transported to a life of hard labor in Britain’s overseas penal colony (present day Australia). During the six month voyage they are kept in a cramped cell below deck where they learn certain truths about society. Foremost among these is they have been condemned due to the bias of a male dominated class system, represented in the play by the crew of the prison ship. Their consciousness raising is powerfully and sympathetically portrayed; at the end of their journey they have grown into a unified bunch of hardened fighters.
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