The Whip The world of the play The forgotten voices of abolition © RSC Browse and license our images "Slavery by another name" © RSC Browse and license our images Launch Gallery Close Hide Thumbnails About the Play The World of The Whip A Scene from the play Katherine Pearce on playing Horatia More Less About the Play The World of The Whip A Scene from the play Rehearsal Photos Discover the true story behind the play, as Juliet Gilkes Romero explores the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act and the fight for better working conditions. In This Section About the Play We are reuniting the original cast of The Whip to present a new audio dramatisation of Juliet Gilkes Romero’s highly acclaimed drama. Watch online on Thursday 29 October. Find out more A Scene from the play "Left to my master I would be quite dead" - watch Debbie Korley as former slave Mercy Price on what she experienced and witnessed on a sugarcane plantation. Watch the video Katherine Pearce on playing Horatia Actor Katherine Pearce talks about playing Horatia in The Whip. Read the blog You may also like