Ragdoll

Following the surprise West End transfer success of her debut play Farm Hall, playwright Katherine Moar returns to Jermyn Street Theatre for her second. Ragdoll is another historical drama (kind of), being inspired by the trial of Patty Hearst the 19-year-old heiress who became a media sensation after being abducted by a leftwing terrorist organisation and subsequently tried for crimes she says she was coerced into. The names have been changed here – presumably because people involved includung Hearst are still alive – but there’s no pretence about what it’s based on. Josh Seymour directs.