On 5 October we gathered in St Peter’s Anglican Church in Canterbury to read Aphra Behn’s 1673 play The Dutch Lover, under the direction of Stewart Ross. It’s a long play with a massive cast, and attempting to read it with 13 people soon exposed how complicated and farcical it is. Prepare for a riot […]
As part of this year’s Canterbury Festival, The Aphra Behn Society of Canterbury presented The Masks of Aphra Behn. An audience of around 150 people gathered in St Paul’s-without-the-Walls Church, Canterbury, the very church where Aphra’s parents were married, to enjoy this one-woman show, written and performed by Claire Louise Amias and using excerpts from […]