Lynn Redgrave stars in her new play inspired by her need to create a life for her maternal grandmother, a woman she barely knew. Nightingale is a play about a promising woman stymied by society and all but erased by history, a touching personal tribute and a resounding song for all those people whose voices we've lost, or never known.
Redgrave, who is a longtime cancer survivor, learned that she had a medical condition a week before performances were set to begin which required immediate attention. The side effects of her treatment make it necessary for Redgrave to use her script while performing her play.