Through the eyes of the South African born feminist Olive Schreinder, friend, witness and narrator of Eleanor Marx's tragedy, the plot explores real events in the last two generations of the Marx family. The play is set in the 1890s and concerns Edward Aveling, Eleanor's commonlaw husband, whose secret marriage leads to Eleanor's suicide.
Through the eyes of the South African born feminist Olive Schreinder, friend, witness and narrator of Eleanor Marx's tragedy, the plot explores real e...