Wendy Lill's Production, The Fighting Days - Member's Statement

CLAUDIA CHENDER « » : As yesterday was World Theatre Day, I rise to recognize celebrated playwright and former Member of Parliament Wendy Lill and her production at the Dartmouth Players. Tonight is the opening night of The Fighting Days, which chronicles the relationship between newspaper editor Francis Marion Beynon and famed suffragette Nellie McClung.

This story of the Canadian suffragette movement captures a pivotal historical moment while allowing the audience a peek inside the intricacies of friendship. Beynon and McClung struggle to navigate their relationship as they're both united in, and divided by, their political beliefs.

Thank you to the Dartmouth Players for the brilliant and timely community theatre they bring to Dartmouth, and to Wendy Lill for capturing this story.