Aphra Behn

...the fast-pased comedy features Maggie Siff of AMC's "Mad Men," as well as Kelly Hutchinson and Andy Paris. Or, is described as such: "Aphra Behn is getting out of the spy trade and into show biz, if she can only write her play without...

In this article: Maggie Siff, Charles II, Nell Gwynne, AMC, and Mad Men

...obsession with their work. She frames it all in the context of the difficulties faced by independent women like Aphra Behn, who used her considerable wit and feminine wiles to gain the financial protection of wealthy patrons. A...

In this article: Maggie Siff, Charles II, Nell Gwynne, Pilot Pen Tennis, Sons of Anarchy, Yale, and Associated Press Writer

...there's no doubt about the play's appeal. Liz Duffy Adams' historical romp of a backstage sex farce about Restoration playwright Aphra Behn displays style, humor, and jaw-dropping wit. Whether speaking in rhymed couplets or hiding in...

In this article: Mark Teschner, Charles II, Nell Gwynne, and General Hospital

...of FX's new comedy Sons of Anarchy than the admen of Sterling Cooper. In the world premiere of Or, at Women's Project, Siff stars as Aphra Behn, the seventeenth-century figure thought to be the first female professional writer. She spoke with...

In this article: Maggie Siff, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Sons of Anarchy, Matt Weiner, Virginia Woolf, and FX

...Nov. 30. Siff, who appeared on the hit AMC series "Mad Men" as department store heiress Rachel Menken, portrays central character Aphra Behn in the new play. The cast of Or, also features Kelly Hutchinson and Andy Paris. Or, is described...

In this article: Mad Men, Maggie Siff, Charles II, Nell Gwynne, and AMC

Portrait of Aphra Behn, aged approximately 30, by Mary Beale. Aphra Behn (10 July 1640 - 16 April 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing participated in...

In this article: Oroonoko, Charles II, Virginia Woolf, The Rover, Venom, and Thomas Colepeper

...help with launching her career Kate Pakenham, 33, the producer at The Old Vic, chose to help Naomi Jones, 29, to stage The Rover by Aphra Behn at the Southwark Playhouse Naomi Jones says that producing The Rover in August was a huge...

In this article: The Rover, Oxford School of Drama, and Maxim Gorky

...she led Virginia Woolf to declaim, "All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn." Whether or not her grave is garlanded, Behn's legacy has flourished: Today, female playwrights swell the ranks of professional...

In this article: Anna Deavere Smith, Sienna Miller, and Rebecca Gilman

...their place in the pantheon, but Shakespeare's sister remained strangely muted on stage, particularly when you consider that Aphra Behn, the first female professional writer in English, was also the most productive playwright of her day,...

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Navigation - link to other main sections from here Aphra Behn was one of the first women in Britain to earn her living as a playwright, having turned to writing after being left out of pocket from her spying work for Charles II (yes,...

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