Marlowe theatre creates its first touring production
The Mitford family were aristocrats who became particularly well-known in the 1930s for six sisters.Nancy wrote several novels about upper-class life in England, including The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate.Diana married British fascist leader Oswald Mosley, and Unity belonged to Hitler's circle of friends.Jessica was a communist who eloped to Spain, Deborah married the future Duke of Devonshire and Pamela married a millionaire physicist. Deborah Shaw, Marlowe Theatre chief executive, said: "When we first read it we knew we had a majorly important, prescient play on our hands."Amy's play captures the wit of Nancy Mitford's novels and tells a cracking love story across continents, to a backdrop of the rise of extremism and dangerous populist leaders, intent on remaking the world order." After a week in Canterbury, the play will go on to tour to Coventry, Great Malvern, Eastbourne, Oxford and Birmingham in September and October.
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