Linck & Mlhahn

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It is life's great aim. To find a way to be honest with oneself, even as the world pretends around you.
Dashing soldier Anastasius Linck has no intention of falling in love, but a chance encounter with the rebellious Catharina Mlhahn changes everything. As they begin to forge a relationship that breaks boundaries and rejects the rigid rules of their society, they find themselves confronted by a world deter-mined to tear them apart.


Ruby Thomas' epic and playful love story, inspired by eighteenth-century court records and the extraordinary lives of a gender-pioneering couple, opened at Hampstead Theatre, London, in January 2023.

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'One of the best new plays in years. Ruby Thomas's ambitious, drop-dead gorgeous piece roars onto Hampstead Theatre's main stage with a rare swagger and brio, full of scintillating wit, swashbuckling action and ultimately a hugely satisfying emotional wallop. . . . It's a great piece of storytelling: profoundly moving and wildly funny, delicate yet tough. A tri-umph.' - What's On Stage
'There's something so lovable about this play and its quest to find a golden thread of joy in a dark, tattered old story.' - Time Out

Author Bio

Ruby Thomas is an actor and writer born in London. She wrote a piece for the Royal Court Theatre's Living Newspaper (2020), and her plays Either (2019) and The Animal Kingdom (2022) were both first performed at the Hampstead Theatre. Linck & Mlhahn was shortlisted for the George Devine Award 2022.