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Join actor Ruth Sillers for a commemoration and celebration of the experiences of women in the First World War, told in their own words, accompanied by a traditional cream tea.
Through poetry, journals and letters War Girls documents the contribution made by women from all walks of society. They detail not only personal hardship and suffering, but also the joy and excitement as the war brought women challenges, freedoms and possibilities previously unknown to them.
About the author
Ruth Sillers has performed in many plays and musicals for theatres in London’s West End, notably the National Theatre Studio, the Young Vic Theatre and the Royal Opera House. Her television experience includes playing Mary Queen of Scots for BBC History. Her radio credits include many plays and readings for BBC Radio Drama such as Medical Detectives, Easy Virtue and The Professor and Poetry Please for Radio 4. She has recorded numerous audio books for BBC Audiobooks, AudioGO, Naxos and many other publishers. Recent recordings include classic short stories by Jane Austen, Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf and War Girls – an anthology of women’s writing from the First World War which she now performs as a one woman show.
Approx 90 mins
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