Lynx Theatre and Poetry

We were very sad to hear of the death of Rita Pankhurst, widow of Sylvia Pankhurst’s son Richard, at the age of 92. Rita, together with Richard, was enormously helpful and encouraging to Lynx Theatre and Poetry when we were planning Sylvia back in 1987. Rita was particularly helpful, as Head of the Library Services at the City of London Polytechnic, in showing us sources of information about Sylvia Pankhurst. Before leaving for Ethiopia in 1987, Rita asked William Alderson a

We had been delighted to get a New Year message from Richard and Rita Pankhurst saying: ‘Great news about the Sylvia tour’, and we look forward to living up to their hopes. We certainly think it is great news to be touring again too! At the same time, we were very saddened to hear of Richard's recent death, and we have added a statement about this on our Home page. We have also decided that the performances on this spring tour of SYLVIA will be dedicated to him. We are giving