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The Farmer’s Wife review – a bumper crop of tenderness, toil and female strength

Theatre by the Lake, KeswickInspired by Helen Rebanks’ bestselling memoir, Hannah Khalil’s play foregrounds the women holding everything togetherWhile anthropologists have made links between farming and the rise of patriarchal social structures, it’s impossible to deny the role that women have historically played in the agricultural workforce. In The Farmer’s Wife, Hannah Khalil’s new play inspired by Helen Rebanks’ bestselling…

Theatre by the Lake, KeswickInspired by Helen Rebanks’ bestselling memoir, Hannah Khalil’s play foregrounds the women holding everything togetherWhile anthropologists have made links between farming and the rise of patriarchal social structures, it’s impossible to deny the role that women have historically played in the agricultural workforce. In The Farmer’s Wife, Hannah Khalil’s new play inspired by Helen Rebanks’ bestselling…

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