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News and Articles on Aphra Behn
An Introduction To Aphra Behn Aug 12, 2008
Aphra Behn was a poet, playwright, novelist, translator and spy ... Goreau, Angeline, Reconstructing Aphra A Social Biography of Aphra Behn, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1980. (Suite101.com)
'Guerrilla Girls' promote female empowerment Feb 28, 2007
The other two women honored Aphra Behn, a 17th-century dramatist considered one of the first professional English female writers, and Josephine Baker, a pioneer for black women on Broadway. The Guerrilla Girls were originally an artist collective in the '80s that created controversial feminist works like the New York City posters that protested gender bias and sexism in art exhibits. (Northeastern News, MA)
Weekend Guide Sep 28, 2006
THE ROVER Directed by John Amplas, this acclaimed Restoration drama by Aphra Behn explores the exploits of three wealthy sheltered sisters in 17th-century society. Playhouse Conservatory Company (Point Park University student productions) at the Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Cast lights up 'Celadine' May 3, 2006
If you listen carefully to the witty rejoinders and repartee in Charles Evered's "Celadine," you'll hear casual mention of Aphra Behn, the first woman to make her living as a writer and playwright, churning out models for the modern novel back in the halcyon days of the English Restoration. A rebel and a beauty - in a life riddled with rumor, she was possibly the mistress of Charles II - she took her share of criticism, was accused of being a plagiarist, spent time in jail for debt and served as... (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
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