Power, sex, violence, politics and fierce family feuding all feature in this historical drama that tells the fascinating story of the activist life of Sylvia Pankhurst.
A woman who fought for working class women to have an equal status in society, who supported the Irish struggle for independence much to the chagrin of her English family and friends. Sylvia suffered cruel force feeding in Holloway prison as well as sexual violence. Yet she became sceptical of the direction of her feminist sisters and found herself marginalised. Her verbal battles with her manic sister Christabel and her Mother Emmeline are at times hilarious and other times filled with pathos.
A play deeply dramatic with moments of great laughter. Audiences can expect to be gripped by the tension, informed by the story and entertained by the comedy.

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WRITTEN BY Gerry Farrell
DIRECTED BY Prin Duignan
LIGHTING DESIGN BY Fergal Harkin
SET DESIGN BY Gerry Farrell
COSTUME DESIGN BY Pam Ferguson
SOUND DESIGN BY Luke McGinley
CAST Barry Deignan, Gerry Farrell, Rebecca Farrell, Rachel O’Hara and Sheila O’Keeffe

RUNNING TIME 1 hr 40 mins incl. 15 min interval

TICKETS €19 | €16 (Concession)

About The Company
Founded in 1996, Splódar is the resident company in the Glens Arts Centre,Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim. Its main aim is the production of high standard works in both Irish and English with an emphasis on new themes relating to the marginalised in society. The Company toured recently with two of Gerry Farrell’s plays, The First Protestant and The Last Prime Minister of Ireland. Both productions premiered in Smock Alley. A recent production too included a revival of Patricia Burke Brogan’s Eclipsed, about life in a Magdalene laundry. Splodar’s most recent production in the English language was Philidelphia Here I come! by Brian Friel.