In her public persona, Eleanor “Tussy” Marx was a translator, actress, a children’s rights activist and a persuasive labour organizer, a tireless powerhouse determined to carry on her father’s work. She held her own with twentieth century gods, including both her father and his colleague Engels. In her privately life, however, she was vulnerable and her attraction to the self-indulgent and self-important Edward Aveling led her into misery and ultimately proved fatal.

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Cast

Romola Garai

Eleanor 'Tussy' Marx

Patrick Kennedy

Edward Aveling

John Gordon Sinclair

Friedrich Engels

Karina Fernandez

Olive Schreiner

Emma Cunniffe

Laura Marx

Oliver Chris

Freddy

Georgina Sadler

Gerty

Freddy Drabble

Havelock Ellis

Clelia Rossi Marcelli

Young Eleanor

Lucio Patané

Magician

Marco Quaglia

William

Bruce McGuire

Conference man