The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders, who was born in Newgate Jail, was twelve years a whore, five times a wife (whereof once to her own brother), twelve years a thief, eight years a transported felon and at last grew rich, lived honest and died a penitent.
She should be so lucky.
Songs, sex and slander by the authors of Robinson Crusoe and Trafford Tanzi.
You can access the script of this play via the British Library’s MPS Modern Playscripts Collection.
Chris Bond was Artistic Director of Half Moon Theatre on the Mile End Road from 1985-88. He talks about Moll Flanders and how the production was a greater challenge than he had anticipated. Interviewed by Rosie Vincent.