Aphra

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Aphra. 1551734923rd ed., Playwrights Guild of Canada.

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mods_titleInfo_title_ms: Aphra
Author: Scollard (Veighey), Rose Florence Rosabelle, Born: July 4, 1939 (Playwright)
Author: Born: July 4, 1939
Author Role: Playwright
Publisher: Playwrights Guild of Canada
Edition: ISBN: 1-55173-492-3
Issuance: monographic
Form: 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.
Content Source: Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory
Identifier: islandora:0d5a1b48-eda7-4f28-89cd-1d8398d36ddd
Last Modified Date: 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.