The Last

Set in a 21st century world troubled by deadly plague, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s 1826 novel The Last Man is poignant and relevant today. Written after the death of her husband and three of her children, it expresses Mary’s own sense of loss and isolation, and features characters based on Mary, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and Claire Claremont. This one-woman adaptation explores the biographical elements of the story and its use of gender and androgyny. By Sam Chittenden. Featuring Amy Kidd.