‘Ġimgħa l-Ħabs’ brings Malta’s forgotten women prisoners to the stage
The Teatru Malta production, set to music by The New Victorians, is inspired by true stories of real women who spent time behind bars in the 1800s
A new production set to take the stage this week gives voice to women history has often forgotten, women who have faced injustice and imprisonment in the early 19th century and the relationships they built behind bars.
Inspired by true stories about real women, Ġimgħa l-Ħabs is set in 1825 and follows Maddalena Mallia, who ends up spending a week in prison. There, she is confined to a small cell with eight other women, who all live, wash and spin cotton together under the watch of the prison wardens.
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