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Daughterhood
Charley Miles
Dangerous Daughters
by Annemarie Lewis Thomas, Nick Stimson
Synopsis
The Pankhursts were a family divided, a family often at war.
Christabel dedicated her life to the cause and let nothing, not even the pursuit of love and happiness, stand in the way of women’s emancipation.
By 1918 when the battle for women’s suffrage had finally been won, Sylvia was estranged from the Suffragettes and from her own mother and Christabel, and Adela, the youngest, had been banished by Christabel to Australia.
The musical tells the stories of these three remarkable sisters set against the First World War and other great events of the time.
The story culminates with the victory of the Suffragettes and the disintegration of the Pankhurst family.
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| EMMELINE PANKHURST Forties/fifties. A woman who has discovered her potential later in life. Strong. Brave. Dedicated. At times ruthless. Widowed. |
| CHRISTABEL PANKHURST Twenties/thirties. Eldest daughter and Emmeline’s favored child. Appears to be a strong, born leader but hides a fragile and conflicted inner self. |
| SYLVIA PANKHURST Twenties/thirties. Second daughter. An artist. A compassionate socialist. Lover of a much older man. True to herself and her beliefs. |
| ADELA PANKHURST Twenties. Youngest daughter. A fragile idealist often overlooked by her mother and sisters. |
| PANSY TUKE Twenties/forties. Leading member of the WSPU whose health was broken by the struggle. |
| GRACE ROE Twenties/forties. Leading member of the WSPU. Daughter of a wealthy family. |
| EMILY WILDING-DAVIDSON Twenties/thirties. Radical and driven member of the WSPU who threw herself under the king’s horse in the 1913 Derby. |
| ANNIE KENNEY Twenties/thirties. Working class ex-mill girl and early member of the WSPU. Mercurial, enchanting and at times cruel. In love with Christabel. |
| FLORA DRUMMOND Thirties/fifties. Leading member of the WSPU. Organizer and disciplinarian known as the General. |
| HELEN CRAGGS Twenties/thirties. School teacher who joined the WSPU. Romantically involved with Harry Pankhurst. A woman of compassion. |
| PRINCESSE DE POLIGNAC Thirties/forties. American heiress. Rich, decadent and lover of Christabel. |
| HARRY PANKHURST Twenties. Emmeline’s often forgotten only son lost in a house of powerful women. A romantic. |
| SUPERINTENDENT WATSON |
| INSPECTOR MATHER |
| SIR EDWARD GREY |
| CHAIRMAN |
| JUDGE |
| POLICEMANPRISON WARDERPRISON DOCTOROTHER MEMBERS OF THE WSPUMEN AND WOMEN |
Videos
Dangerous Daughters – MTA Production Trailer (2017)
Publication
Dangerous Daughters is a play written by Annemarie Lewis Thomas and published by Concord Theatricals .
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