Radium Girls

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Radium Girls

Written by: D.W. Gregory
Production Dates: 14/10/2022 – 30/10/2022
Directed by: Ellis R. Kinnear
Radium Girls is D.W. Gregory’s gripping drama based on the true story of female labourers who were poisoned and killed by their factory’s radium-based paint. Though Radium Girls ranges from 1918 through the 1940s, the bulk of the narrative is centred on events in New Jersey in the mid-1920s.  The play highlights Grace, Irene, and Kathryn who paint dials in the U.S. Radium Plant and are instructed to finely point their brushes by moulding the bristles with their mouths while painting. The factory’s new owner, Arthur Roeder, is excited by radium’s promising future and believes in the company’s potential for growth. Roder’s mindset is supported by Marie Curie, the internationally famous scientist, who believes radium provides many health benefits and could even cure cancer.  But soon many of the girls begin to notice disturbing health issues, and one of their co-workers dies, but her death is brushed aside. The plant tries to keep the girls who are getting sicker from talking to the press, push back their court dates, and deflect any negativity toward the company. Some of the surviving girls finally get settlements and medical coverage for the rest of their shortened lives.  Radium Girls fiercely examines the commercialization of science, the pursuit of both health and wealth, the power of the underdog, and the fierce injustice labourers in America have faced, and may even continue to face in the present.

Details

Starts On

14/10/2022 - 7:30 pm

Ends On

30/10/2022 - 10:00 pm

Event Categories

Crime, Drama, Performances

Venue

Old Mill Theatre

Corner of Mends Street and Mill Point Road
South Perth
WA
Australia
6152
P: 9367-8719

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