Monstrous Regiment
BBC RADIO 4 / BBC SOUNDS

A documentary celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of an all-woman theatre troupe is always going to have trouble shaking off its sepia tone. This is not the fault of the personnel, the material or the ideals on display, but the inevitable consequence of so much time having passed and so much passion having fallen by the wayside. Even in the 1980s, it turns out, the midwives of Monstrous Regiment, whose achievements this spirited Artworks production celebrates in style were complaining that the revolution had been betrayed by, well, other women.

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