Margaret Cavendish: Rediscovering the plays of a visionary 17th-century duchess
Portrait of Margaret Cavendish by Peter Lely (1665)
Branded a ‘conceited, ridiculous woman’ by diarist Samuel Pepys, Margaret Cavendish wrote plays that broke the theatrical taboos of her day. Director Graham Watts tells Nick Smurthwaite why her overlooked work deserves to be reappraised
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