Save the date: 12 May, 2018 at 7pm

We are very excited to bring you advance notice of a staged reading of Lady Randolph’s Churchill’s never-before-seen play, Between the Devil and the Deep Sea, an intense drama about divorce and honour in aristocratic society. An as yet undiscovered piece of Churchill history will be brought to life on stage on 12 May,7pm in the Wolfson Hall at Churchill College.

Lady Randolph Churchill is one of the most glamorous figures to feature in the Archives Centre’s collections. This small set of images gives a taste of her elegance and style. We’re delighted to support Holly Dayton in organising this event and will bring you further details as soon as we can. For now, please save the date in your diaries.

Black and white portrait photograph of Lady Randolph Churchill. She is wearing a pale coloured dress and is holding a fan.

Portrait photograph of Lady Randolph Churchill, 1888, Randolph Churchill Papers, RDCH 9/1/24.

Black and white photograph of Lady Randolph Churchill standing with two men. All are in evening dress and Lady Randolph Churchill is holding a fan.

Photograph of Lady Randolph Churchill with two admirers Count Kinsky and Lord Dudley, c 1890, Randolph Churchill Papers, RDCH 9/1/27.

Black and white photograph of Lady Randolph Churchill seated at a piano with two female friends leaning on the top of the piano, where a black and white cat is lying.

Lady Randolph (seated at piano) with two friends, 1900, Peregrine Churchill Papers, PCHL 8/6.

— Natalie Adams, Senior Archivist.

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