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Aphra

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Scollard (Veighey), Rose Florence Rosabelle, Born: July 4, 1939 (Playwright)

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Born: July 4, 1939

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Playwright

Publisher

Playwrights Guild of Canada

Edition

ISBN: 1-55173-492-3

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monographic

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text

Scholar Note

First produced in 1991 at Maenad Theatre in Calgary, Alberta. Geographic setting: London, England. Historical period: Restoration / 18th Century. Characters: female adults: 3. Play includes speeches suitable for actors auditioning.

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Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory

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islandora:0d5a1b48-eda7-4f28-89cd-1d8398d36ddd

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2018-07-26T22:39:59.272Z

Abstract

This play offers a portrait of Aphra Behn, seventeenth-century adventuress, playwright, spy, poet, novelist, traveller, and ex-con. The first Englishwoman to earn her living by her pen, Aphra challenged the popular expectations placed upon seventeenth-century women.

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Aphra
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First produced in 1991 at Maenad Theatre in Calgary, Alberta. Geographic setting: London, England. Historical period: Restoration / 18th Century. Characters: female adults: 3. Play includes speeches suitable for actors auditioning., This play offers a portrait of Aphra Behn, seventeenth-century adventuress, playwright, spy, poet, novelist, traveller, and ex-con. The first Englishwoman to earn her living by her pen, Aphra challenged the popular expectations placed upon seventeenth-century women.
Publisher
Playwrights Guild of Canada
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Scollard (Veighey), Rose Florence Rosabelle, Born: July 4, 1939 (Playwright)
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Book
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text
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islandora:0d5a1b48-eda7-4f28-89cd-1d8398d36ddd
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eng
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Restoration/ 18th Century
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