Join Ray Malone from St Margaret’s House’s upcoming Molly’s Masquerade project in a Zoom discussion with costume designer Lu Firth on ‘reimagining the mollies’.
‘Molly’ was a term used in the 18th and 19th centuries to describe a gay man or a lower-class woman who sometimes engaged in sex work. In the 18th Century, molly houses were places in London where gay men would meet for love and romance, wear dresses, and conduct ritualistic marriages and births. Molly’s Masquerade, due to launch later this year, will explore the life and culture of all the Mollies, both the gay men who frequented the molly houses and the surrounding sex workers working in local bawdy houses.
The Zoom chats will support the practical workshops that will happen later this year, providing a historical study of the period, including legal and social change, period costume and discussion around class, race, gender and sexual identities.
To book into the discussion, email mollymalone@stmargaretshouse.org.uk to be added to their mailing list, where you will receive event updates and Zoom invitation details.
Molly’s Masquerade is part of St Margaret’s House’s REACH Online programme, delivering free online events and happenings from June until September 2020.
Molly’s Masquerade is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
