Jessica Swale & Lois Jeary 
Jessica Swale’s Blue Stockings 
A guide for studying and staging the play

Jessica Swale's Blue Stockings is the empowering and surprising story of four young women fighting for their right to a university education in a world that assumed women belonged at home. First produced professionally at Shakespeare's Globe in 2013, and a sell-out success, it is now regularly performed by theatre groups in the UK and beyond, and widely studied by GCSE Drama students.
This Page to Stage guide, written by the playwright, who also directed the first production at RADA, along with her assistant director Lois Jeary, is packed with contextual information, scene-by-scene and character breakdowns, and personal insights into the world of the play and the real lives that inspired it.
An invaluable resource for those studying and staging the play, it takes you through the entire production process, considering each of the elements in turn, from sound and music to design and rehearsals. You'll also find notes from the original rehearsal process, extracts from working diaries, and interviews with key members of the creative team. Throughout, there are hints and tips on staging, and helpful games and exercises to bring the play to life on the stage and in the classroom.
Highly accessible and uniquely authoritative, it is the indispensible guide for anyone studying, teaching or performing the play.

Über den Autor

Lois was assistant director on the RADA production of Blue Stockings in 2012 and subsequently assisted Jessica Swale on The School for Scandal (Park Theatre and Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds) and The Rover (RADA). She has directed new writing at Tristan Bates Theatre and the RADA Festival, and written on theatre for Exeunt and A Younger Theatre, as well as having work published in the Guardian. Lois holds a degree in Government from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an MA in Text and Performance from RADA and Birkbeck, University of London.