You need to get to know Maud, before you can really understand her. The year is 1848 and Maud is treading a thin line between a lonely life with her surgeon husband in the middle of London, or living out her days under the roof of a woman’s institution. Exploring the unspoken experience of the autistic women who never had the chance to speak, Maudlin is an intimate look at the dynamic between sane and mad, patient and doctor, actor and character, real and play, and offers a rare example of a lead neurodivergent character in the period drama canon. Maudlin is performed by a mere cast of three; tense and claustrophobic, it asks the question of how much has really changed for women? And eventually, by the end, you may feel you know Maud a little better.