Ecologist and author Rachel Carson is an inspiration to many people.

In the 1950s and 60s she almost single-handedly took on the government and the chemical industry in a desperate attempt to warn them of the dangers of harmful pesticides, not just to the planet but to people as well.

Despite being labelled as an alarmist by the government and the chemical industry she was not to be deterred and continued to speak out in an attempt to prove the human race was as vulnerable to the dangers the pesticides posed as the planet’s ecosystem.

She also testified before Congress in 1963 where she called for new policies to protect human health and the environment, before dying from breast cancer in 1964.

In this play Liz Rothschild takes on the role of the woman who, before becoming an ecologist, was famous for her books The Sea Around Us and The Edge of the Sea, which constituted a biography of the ocean.

Previously called Breaking the Silence but reworked for this year’s Edinburgh Festival, the play explores Carson’s passion for life, both in public and in private, and includes stories she was never able to reveal herself in her lifetime.

Another Kind of Silence, Warehouse theatre, Dingwall Road, September 24 to 28, 8pm (5pm Sunday), £8 - £10.50. Call 020 8680 4060 or visit warhousetheatre.co.uk.