Inspired by Emma Goldman's autobiography "Living My Life".
"The play is a celebration of the anarchist cum feminist (Red) Emma Goldman and an exploration of the events that led to her attempted assassination of American industrialist Henry Clay Frick in 1892. Though the event was a footnote in the broad spectrum of American history, Bolt sees it as defining a life, an era and the women's movement."
- Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Red Emma: Queen of the Anarchists was first performed at the Toronto Free Theatre, February 1974.
The Canadian Opera Company presented the Opera World Premiere at the du Maurier Theatre Centre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, November - December 1995.
Female cast: 2
Male cast: 7