The place is Rome and the time is 1890. A young girl from a well-to-do family decides to take up medicine as a career rather than marriage. This decision was to have a tremendous impact on the lives of thousands of others.

The girl was MARIA MONTESSORI - physician, feminist, social reformer, educator. Maria’s dedicated fight for reform saw her grow into one of the most admired, influential and controversial women of the Twentieth Century.

There are now over 22,000 Montessori schools in more than 110 countries.

"This extraordinary tale manages to fully inform without lecturing. The dialogue is superb and there are plenty of mood changes, from pure hilarity, to repulsion and sadness" Theatre Australia

"Bishop has proved to me that there is always a new and better way to transport biography onto the stage." Australian Stage On-line

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The Greatest Woman in the World

ISBN: 9781875801091