Olwen Dawe
- Nov 16, 2017
- 5 min
Liberty, Equality and Unity?
This post was originally published on Theatre Forum's blog, on Monday 14th November 2017. It is two years, today, since the issue of gender equality and, consequently, the lack of female representation in Irish theatre emerged onto the national stage via Twitter. Galvanised by the significant under-representation of women’s writing in the Abbey Theatre’s 2016 ‘Waking the Nation’ 1916 commemorative programme, #WakingTheFeminists brought to public consciousness the almost unco
