As the career of the pioneering writer is remembered, an 1688 copy of her novel Oroonoko is the cherry on the cake
, pioneering queen of English literature, remains largely unrecognised outside academia and the theatre. But this summer, almost 400 years after her birth, Behn’s talents are being celebrated, and especially in her home town of Canterbury.
Christine Charlesworth working on the clay Aphra. The sculpture was commissioned by the Canterbury Commemoration Society.Behn, the first professional female writer in England and a sometime spy for King Charles II, was the daughter of a publican called Johnson in Harbledown. Her first name, that of a Christian martyr, was fairly common in Kent at the time, and she became Behn with her marriage to her German husband, Johan, in 1664.
, a costume drama also starring Bella Ramsey and Dominic West. Earlier this summer Behn’s controversial 1871 playwas revived. It had been regarded as “too radical, too shocking” in its day, accordingNatalie Cox, director of the recent Canterbury Players production. Set in Florence, it tells of a libertine asked to test the fidelity of his friend’s wife.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Yoga and Netflix: What a speech pathologist on $75,000 spends in a weekThis week on Money Diaries, a graduate speech pathologist spends on some hot yoga classes and vodka, lime and sodas.
Read more »
Yoga and Netflix: What a speech pathologist on $75,000 spends in a weekThis week on Money Diaries, a graduate speech pathologist spends on some hot yoga classes and vodka, lime and sodas.
Read more »
Yoga and Netflix: What a speech pathologist on $75,000 spends in a weekThis week on Money Diaries, a graduate speech pathologist spends on some hot yoga classes and vodka, lime and sodas.
Read more »
Netflix adds 8 million subscribers due in part to success of Baby Reindeer and BridgertonStreaming service’s ad-supported subscription and live event streaming saw revenue reach $9.5bn in latest quarter
Read more »
Zharnel Hughes hits back at rival Noah Lyles over Netflix putdownThe Team GB sprinter has said the jibe ‘raised all the red in me’, while he has been using Linford Christie clips as motivation in his push for Olympic gold
Read more »
The story behind Hollywood's all-powerful studio logos as Netflix, streaming services force changeFilm studio logos are as well-known as our favourite movie actors, but are they finally losing their prominence due to the rise of streaming?
Read more »