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The Last archiveSet in a 21st century world troubled by deadly plague, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 1826 novel The Last Man is poignant and hugely relevant today. Written after the death of her husband and three of her children, it expresses Mary's own sense of loss and isolation, and features characters based on Mary herself, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and sister Claire Claremont.

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Adapted by: Sam Chittenden (from the novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

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Archive listings for The Last (2023)

Work type: Play.

T0191736240

This one-woman adaptation explores the book's biographical elements along with Mary's use of gender. It draws on her graphic depiction of a world wracked by pandemic and her warnings of the dangers of mankind's arrogance towards the world we live in.Company A Different Theatre. Performer Amy Kidd.
5 Apr 23 to 6 Apr 23Questor's Theatre, Outer London :: V326
listing details L1160594669

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