The Gloucester Theatre Company

PACIFISTS AND PROTESTERS, THE LOST STORY OF RESISTANCE TO WORLD WAR ONE is an exciting theatre production that commemorates the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One.

        

The two part presentation features a first-half performance of a new play A DANGEROUS WOMAN by Alexander J. Gifford (shortlisted for the Adrian Pagan New Writing Award followed by a devised presentation, inspired by the words of poets, pacifists and other protesters.

A DANGEROUS WOMAN tells the incredible story of Alice Wheeldon, a Suffragette and single-mother, who sheltered young men avoiding conscription. On the basis of fabricated evidence, Alice was imprisoned for "attempting to poison the Prime Minister", though she was later cleared of all charges. Alice's story is a powerful human drama, which exposes just how far the British Government was prepared to go to silence objection to the war.

The production has received support from the Heritage Lottery and explores a largely forgotten aspect of the history of WW1 - namely that many people opposed it on the basis that it was a unnecessary "politician's war", which could have been avoided through peaceful means.

PACIFISTS AND PROTESTERS will tour venues in Stroud, Bristol and Cheltenham 9-17 Feb 2018.

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The Gloucester Theatre Company