Margot Robbie backs Tudor play 1536: 'Women are still having the same conversations'

"“It’s set in 1536 but the conversations these women have are the same ones that women now are having,” Robbie says. “I feel like I’m friends with these women and I know them.”"

"“I wanted to create characters that aren't incredibly brave or incredibly capable of changing the world around them, but instead they are just three normal women experiencing a rising tide of misogyny. ”A lot of us are having similar conversations with our mates where we think about how terrifying it feels to be a woman right now.”"

"“Despite being Pickett's debut play, 1536 has already been commissioned by the BBC as an eight-part drama series adaptation. The 32-year-old is now also co-writing Baz Luhrmann's forthcoming Joan of Arc film, Jehanne d'Arc.”"

Rumours of Anne Boleyn’s impending execution spread as three working-class women in Essex drink, gossip, and try to understand what it means for their lives. The Tudor-set play reimagines a famous historical moment through ordinary women rather than royalty or court politics. It focuses on fear, friendship, and a world becoming increasingly hostile toward women. The themes are presented as strikingly familiar, with conversations that mirror those women have now. The characters are intentionally not portrayed as exceptionally brave or world-changing, but as normal women experiencing a rising tide of misogyny. The playwright drew the idea from discussions with friends about violence against women and private anxieties.

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