This time with a play about Elizabeth Southerden Thompson who painted military subjects in the 19th century, was a Catholic convert, married a British officer, went with him round the British Empire, raised 6 children and retired to a castle in Ireland. While she was a keen amateur military historian, there is more than a suggestion that she started painting military scenes as a wheeze to distinguish herself from other women artists.
But......
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/apr/18/victorian-war-artist-elizabeth-southerden-thompson
"“She was transgressing gender and the expectations of women at the time,” says Milk Presents’ Luke Skilbeck who will co-direct the production with Smith. “That’s a queer act.”"
If that statement isn't putting women into a stereotypical box, I'm not sure what is.
The "cast is made up of drag performers including Death Drop’s LJ Parkinson and Emer Dineen who plays Elizabeth. Drag kings will depict the academicians, those men intent on keeping Thompson from having a seat at the table. “If we had men saying the things that they said it would be gross. We’re sending it up a little bit,” says Brammar.......
The show will also be informed by the spirit of music hall, Smith explains, because it was a popular form of entertainment at the time and it accommodated different forms of gender expression. While the language of the period may have been different, says Skilbeck, “If I was transgender at the time and wanted to find other trans people, I’d probably find them in the music hall.”
“I want people to have the sense that they are in a queer space,” he continues. “So, we cast people who really know how to work the crowd.”"
This is all far more tangential - indeed irrelevant - to the subject than even the Joan of Arc one was. Poor woman will be turning in her grave.....