JENNIE LEE:
TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY
a play by Matthew Knights
From Lochgelly to the House of Lords. A new play about the first Minister for the Arts and founder of The Open University
Jennie Lee was born in Lochgelly, Fife in 1904, and became the youngest ever female MP for North Lanark in 1929 at the age of 24, before she could legally vote! After the death of her husband Nye Bevan the founder of the NHS she fought to protect his legacy and went on to become the first ever Minister for The Arts and founder of The Open University.
This is a story about fighting to be true to your ideals in a world which wants to crush them.
Jennie Lee: Tomorrow is a New Day is a play by Matthew Knights produced by Knights Theatre, supported by Creative Scotland, OnFife and The Open University in Scotland.
Developed in Fife and online since 2019, this world premiere of the play was presented in Jennie’s birthplace of Lochgelly to mark what would have been her 120th birthday on 3 November 2024 and then moved to the historic Carnegie Hall in Dunfermline.
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