19
Apr
Based on the lives of three Manchester Jewish women and their Romanian immigrant parents, A Manchester Girlhood gets a Blackpool showing this week as the play embarks on a short tour. Written and directed by Julia Pascal, the story is based on her own family heritage and begins in Bucharest 1910, as Esther Goldenberg has been forced to marry Emanuel Jacobs. “Esther is described as a ‘difficult girl’, which is a title that resonates with me,” says Rosie Yadid who plays her. “She wants more for herself than the life that is laid out for her but has no way…