"Blue Stockings" - Review by Jeffrey Leibham
***RECOMMENDED*** Cambridge University, while largely recognized as one of the world's best academic institutions for obtaining a solid education, has never really been considered a particularly progressive place of study. In the hundreds of years of its history (well over 700), it finally allowed women to enroll as students in 1869, with the foundation of Girton College, created specifically for the bright and fiercely driven women who desired a level of higher learning. While these women were allowed to study, there was no formal degree that they were granted upon the completion of their course work, unlike their male counterparts. This historical injustice is explored in Promethean Theatre Ensemble's Chicago premiere of playwright Jessica Swale's "Blue Stockings," a highly entertaining and refreshingly enlightening play. 3 AND 1/2 SPOTLIGHTS
