The heroines explored by Heroica Theatre Company to date represent seven extraordinary women dating from 1456 – 1992. All playscripts are available for download at £10 or £5 each (see below).
The plays provide a valuable educational reference for school or adult learning programmes concerned with women’s history. The texts can be used for full scale productions or for written responses. Extension activities around the texts and eras covered are available on application to the company.
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Secretly Pleased
Secretly Pleased
Alice Longstaff BIPP (1907 – 1992) was a pioneer photographer from Hebden Bridge. Rare for her time, she was a craftswoman and an independent proprietor who forged a firm path through the man’s world of the early twentieth century. In an era when simply everyone had their photographs taken – which were often displayed ‘in t’ winder’ – Alice and her husband John became cherished fixtures of the town over many decades, keeping their studio as something of a social ‘salon’.
Read an extract here.