Mary Lamb

"All the women are angry. Maybe we don't look it. Maybe we don't say it. But inside we are raging."

Directed by Matthew Lloyd

Written by Samantha Ellis

At 31, Mary murdered her own mother with a carving knife and was locked up in the Hoxton madhouse. But then she was released into the care of her eccentric brother, Charles. After that, in between bouts of mental illness and periods of incarceration, she somehow became a bestselling children’s author and an iconoclastic feminist who threw the best parties in London.

With surreal energy and quicksilver wit, this specially commissioned new play by Samantha Ellis tells the extraordinary true story of Mary Lamb as she struggles to live a beautiful, creative life against impossible odds.

This performance takes place at Hoxton Hall, London. Tickets available here.