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Julie Peakman
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Julie Peakman is an author of various books and a frequent contributor to journals, magazines and television documentaries. She started life in the theatre as an actress, also working in film and TV before moving into writing. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and mainly writes about feminism, gender, history of sexuality and culture. Her books among others include ‘Libertine London. Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis’ and ‘Licentious Worlds. Sex & Exploitation in Global Empires'. She is currently writing a musical based on her biography of Peg Plunket, C19th Dublin brothel-keeper.

Glory Ride

Julie Peakman
Gino Bartali was a real-life cycling athlete who helped save Jewish children from the Nazis during the war by smuggling...

The Dry House

Julie Peakman
Set in one morning, the play revolves around an alcoholic middle-aged woman, Chrissy, who is about to go into rehab,...

Killing the Cat

Julie Peakman
Those of us who love musicals have eagerly been awaiting new ones, so I was so looking forward to watching...

The Human Voice

Julie Peakman
This mono drama has been transformed into a sung piece that takes place over the space of a single telephone...

Life’s a Drag

Julie Peakman
A young woman bounces onto the stage full of energy and dances her heart out. From then on, this one-women...

HERE

Julie Peakman
With a nod to the ‘kitchen-sink dramas’ of the 1960s, Here is set in a dreary kitchen somewhere in the...

The Coral

Julie Peakman
The Finborough Theatre continues its remarkable remit of presenting only work which has not been seen in London during the...