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national theatre london
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martin firrell
THE
STRAND
THEATRE
WEARING
WOMEN'S
CLOTHES
COURT
FAILS TO
PROVE
THIS IS IN
ANY WAY
A CRIME.
1909
MARION
WALLACE
DUNLOP
FIRST
HUNGER
STRIKER
OF THE
WOMEN'S
MOVEMENT
INSISTS
ON HER
STATUS
AS A
POLITICAL
PRISONER
BY
REFUSING
FOOD.
1910
MARY
JANE
CLARKE
FORCE-FED IN
HOLLOWAY
PRISON
BECOMES
THE FIRST
WOMAN
TO DIE FOR
THE RIGHT
TO VOTE
EIGHT
YEARS
LATER
WOMEN
VOTE.
1936
FASCIST
BLACK
SHIRTS
PLAN TO
MARCH
THROUGH
JEWISH
EAST END
OF LONDON
TEN
THOUSAND
EAST ENDERS
BLOCK
STREET IN
DEFIANCE
FASCISM
FAILS IN
BRITAIN.
1940
CLINICS
OPEN IN
LONDON
TO TREAT
BLITZ
SHOCK
CLINICS
CLOSE
DUE TO
LACK OF
DEMAND.
1666
THE
LORD
MAYOR
ASSURES
LONDON
THE GREAT
FIRE IS NO
THREAT
A WOMAN
COULD PISS
IT OUT.
1789
OLAUDAH
EQUIANO
DESCRIBES
SCRUBBING
HIS FACE
TRYING TO
CHANGE
ITS COLOUR
EQUIANO'S
PERSONAL
ACCOUNT
OF THE
SHAME OF
SLAVERY
SHAMES
LONDON.
1831
MARY
PRINCE
FIRST
BLACK
WOMAN
PUBLISHED
IN BRITAIN
WRITES:
THIS IS
SLAVERY
KNOW
THE
TRUTH
TWO
YEARS
LATER
SLAVERY
IS
ABOLISHED.
1835
JAMES
PRATT &
JOHN SMITH
ARE THE
LAST MEN
HANGED
FOR BEING
GAY
THE ONLY
'CRIME'
WHERE
NO INJURY
IS DONE TO
ANOTHER.
1871
THOMAS
BOULTON &
FRED PARK
AKA
FANNY
& STELLA
THEATRICAL
DOUBLE
ACT
ARE
ARRESTED
LEAVING
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1945
BARBARA
CASTLE
IS
REQUIRED
TO MARRY
AS A
CONDITION
OF BEING
SELECTED
AS AN MP
CASTLE
WILL BE
APPOINTED
MINISTER
FOR
TRANSPORT
THOUGH
SHE DOES
NOT DRIVE.
1955
RUTH
ELLIS
NIGHT
CLUB
HOSTESS
IS THE LAST
WOMEN
HANGED
50,000
SIGN A
PETITION
CALLING
FOR
CLEMENCY
TEN
YEARS
LATER
HANGING
IS
ABOLISHED.
1968
THE
THEATRE
ACT
FREES
ENGLISH
THEATRES
FROM
CENSORSHIP
THE
NEXT
DAY
AMERICAN
HIPPY
MUSICAL
HAIR
OPENS
WITH
NUDITY
AND
ANTI-WAR
MESSAGES
HAIR RUNS
FOR 1,997
PERFORMANCES.
1978
ALTAB
ALI
A YOUNG
BENGALI
MECHANIC
IS
STABBED
TO DEATH
IN A
RACIST
ATTACK