The Edinburgh Fringe Hit "Magdalen" Makes Its Way to NYC: An Interview with Playwright and Actress Erin Layton
From the 18th through the late 20th centuries, women and young girls deemed fallen were forced to atone for their "sins" at labor camps in Ireland known as Magdalene laundries. These women, many of whom were prostitutes, single mothers, rape victims, or simply poor, not only suffered at the hands of the nuns who ran these laundries, but also at the hands of a society that ignored their plight until very recently. …