Betty! starring Maxine Peake views parliamentarian's life through lens of drama group in Dewsbury village hall She was a working-class Yorkshire girl who first took to the stage in a high-kicking dance troupe. The political stage followed when Betty Boothroyd was elected to parliament, rising to become the first female Speaker of the House of Commons. Now Boothroyd is to appear on another stage " not in person, but a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM on December 2, 2021