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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Play about computing pioneer ada lovelace wins women s prize for playwriting | History Defined

Sarah Grochala
Sarah Grochala’s Intelligence was described as ‘all the things audiences hope for and deserve when they book to see a new play’. Photograph: PR Image

A play about the reincarnation of the Victorian computing pioneer Ada Lovelace has won this year’s Women’s prize for playwriting.

Intelligence, by Sarah Grochala, follows Lovelace’s attempts to forge a career for herself as a serious scientist in 1840s London and being continually obstructed by men.

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