Nottingham PlayhouseCaroline Bird's drama about the Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson gives us the bullet points of an extraordinary life but slips into melodrama The Red Ellen of the title was Ellen Wilkinson: trade unionist, campaigner, novelist, journalist, essayist and politician. Her nickname refers not only to her political colour and to the shade of her hair, but also to her fiery personality. MP for Middlesbrough Eas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM on April 17, 2022