The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
Bruising lessons to be learnt from engrossing drama on women boxers
The Sweet Science of Bruising
Southwark Playhouse, London
AS A woman in Victorian England how do you pay your way through medical school? How do you defend yourself against your abusive husband? What do you do when a john has bruised your face and you can’t turn a trick?
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