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The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter


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A story of lace, frills and some handy mice from the creator of Peter Rabbit.


Beatrix Potter

Although born in London, Beatrix Potter made her home in Cumbria. Best known for 'The Tales of Peter Rabbit', Potter wrote over sixty books. Alongside her much-loved stories, she was known as a fierce conservationist and is widely credited with preserving much of the land that now makes up the Lake District National Park. Potter was also a pioneer of merchandising—in 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy, making him the oldest licensed character 


Jessica Baglow

Jessica is a Lancashire-born actor and veteran of Northern Broadsides, having played the role of Phoebe Throssel in Northern Broadsides’s 2020 tour of Quality Street.


Film Credits: Allelujah! (BBC Films/Pathé), The Railway Children Return (Studio Canal), Apostasy (iFeatures), Salvage (Hoax Films Ltd)


Television Credits: Floodlights (Expectation Entertainment), Gentleman Jack (Lookout Point), Silent Witness (BBC), Vera (ITV), Holby City (BBC), Moving On 2: Skies of Glass (LA Productions for BBC), Doctors (BBC), Waterloo Road (Shed Productions)


Theatre Credits, Selected: Macbeth (Leeds Playhouse), Quality Street (Northern Broadsides), Macbeth (Reading Between the Lines), The Big Corner (Bolton Octagon), Hamlet (Bolton Octagon), Jane Eyre (Bolton Octagon)


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