Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913 Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913 The Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act, commonly referred to as the Cat and Mouse Act, was an Act of Parliament passed in Britain under Herbert Henry Asquith's Liberal government in 1913. Some members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU, commonly referred to as suffragettes) had been imprisoned for acts of vandalism in support of women's suffrage. In protest at being imprisoned some of the suffragettes undertook hunger strikes. The hunger strikers were then force-fed by the prison staff leading to a public outcry. The act was a response
Cat and Mouse (Sheep) plainly confusing, does little to win over audiences. The resulting clash engenders a hostility that has effectively silenced the very views the author proposes to advance. The play's failure to communicate successfully remains a glaring and fatal fault. Its failure seems to be built-in. Also, he could have avoided the politically prescriptive and formally conservative nature of British theatre by writing television satire or novels. Cat and Mouse (Sheep) Cat and Mouse (Sheep) is a 1995 theatre play by British playwright Gregory Motton. It satirises both the left and right in British society. It was premiered at the Odéon-Théâtre de