Mary Shelley (NHB Modern Plays)

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The relatively lax regime of the Hieronymites allowed her to receive visits, and from behind the convent grille she held what might best be described as 'salons', where she discoursed with the most learned men of the period. It was in this setting that she delivered a brilliant challenge to a famous sermon on the greatest acts of love by Jesus Christ. Her first publication Her adaptation of Émile Zola's Thérèse Raquin was premiered by the Theatre Royal, Bath, in 2014, and was subsequently produced on Broadway by Roundabout Theatre Company in 2015. Of her decision to become a nun, Sor Juana said that 'although I knew that this life had many things that were repugnant to my nature… it was less that the abhorrence I felt for marriage'. At the age of about eight, Juana was sent to the home of relatives in Mexico City, where she stayed until her presentation at the court of the new vice regal couple in 1664. Her arrival at court

The little information we have about her early years comes from her famous defence of women's right to learning, in which she talks of her 'inclination' towards letters 'from the first light of reason', illustrating this with evocative anecdotes: Edmundson, Helen - Drama Online". www.dramaonlinelibrary.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019 . Retrieved 9 October 2019.

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The fame of her learning was such that in 1664 the viceroy put her to the test against 40 learned men of the city, whose questions, he later said, she demolished 'like a royal galleon defending itself against a few rowing boats'. War of the words". The Independent. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017 . Retrieved 21 December 2020. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Classic Serial - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018 . Retrieved 19 September 2018.

Grand spectacle … Small Island has projections by Jon Driscoll and a set design by Katrina Lindsay. Photograph: Johan Persson As a new, zealous and ruthless Archbishop is installed into sultry colonial Mexico, the ramifications of his appointment begin to ripple out amongst the people.Queen Anne tellsthe story of one of England’s little-known sovereigns, her friendship with Sarah Churchill and the birth of the free press in England at the turn of the 18th century.

Agedsix or seven, on learning that there existed in Mexico City schools and universities, she tried to persuade her mother to allow her to disguise herself as a boy so that she could attendShaken by what she saw as an act of betrayal, Sor Juana waited three months before she delivered her 'Response of the Poetess to the Most Illustrious Sor Filotea', a virtuoso defence of the right of woman to an intellectual life, deftly matching the autobiographical with a dazzling account of female learning and a defiant decoding of men's (and the Church's) attitudes towards women of letters. BBC Two England - 25 July 1991 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016 . Retrieved 24 April 2016. BBC Radio 4 FM - 20 March 2006 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018 . Retrieved 18 September 2017.

Anne begins to understand her power as she becomes increasingly involved and informed in political matters. Sarah pushes the Whig agenda that supports her husband’s wars, but Anne is drawn to advisors who share her religious views and support a strong monarchy. As a result, her friendship with Sarah starts to unravel and Anne begins to find new allies. Sarah fears she is being replaced in Anne’s affection by a new member of the royal household, Abigail Hill, adding personal tension to the political difference between them. Sense and Sensibility, Classic Serial - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Archived from the original on 2 November 2018 . Retrieved 19 September 2018. Levy’s novel, written as parallel narratives, places Hortense and Gilbert at its heart. But Edmundson’s adaptation sets Queenie at the centre. Hortense opens the production but her story is placed on pause for too long while Queenie takes centre stage, and when Hortense re-emerges we never feel quite as close to her again.Princess Anne has been plagued by ill health all her life and, despite 17 pregnancies, has produced no heirs with her husband, Prince George of Denmark. The union of King William III and Anne’s sister Queen Mary was also childless, leaving Anne in succession for the throne. The play opens with a searing performance of a song satirising current political events penned by a group of satirists whose influence grows throughout the play.