ONE MONTH AWAY - indulge and immerse yourself in the world of OR, a whip-smart theatrical romp of power, passion, and playwriting. 🔥
📅 May 15th - June 7th
Snag your tickets at ConstellationTheatre.org
#ConstellationTheatre #OR #DCArts #AphraBehn
Review alert! ✍️ ‘Quantitative Literary Analysis of the Works of Aphra Behn' by Laura L. Runge has been reviewed in the journal ‘SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900’. Get your copy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/23sruu7c @hopkinspress.bsky.social #AnthemPress #AphraBehn #EarlyModernLiterature #bookreview
Die beiden Bücher und der Schuber liegen auf einem blauen Tuch, darüber eine leuchtend weiße Ziffer 24.
Hinter dem 24. Türchen verbergen sich die Werke Aphra Behns, Spionin, Weltreisende und Star-Autorin des 17. Jhd., die Tobias Schwartz herausgegeben und übersetzt hat. Wir wünschen schöne Feiertage und viel Zeit zum Lesen!
#AphraBehn #TobiasSchwartz #avivaverlag
www.aviva-verlag.de/programm/ich...
"That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library."
✒️ #AphraBehn, English playwright and novelist, was #BOTD 14 December 1640 (baptised). #Theatre #Literature
English playwright, spy and MaybeGay Aphra Behn was baptised on this day in 1640. #aphrabehn #maybegay #bornonthisday
woman reading book
On #BookLoversDay let's consider some books that should be adapted into historical costume movies or TV shows (& that haven't been done to death!). Check out our ideas on FrockFlicks.com at buff.ly/imbOwhh
#AphraBehn #FannyBurney #MaryWollstonecraft #GeorgeSand #IsabelleAllende #HistoricalCostume
Castro-Santana abstract
New article by Anaclara Castro-Santana in ABO Summer 2025! Abstract 👇
“The Untold Love Story of Aphra Behn's The History of the Nun,” ABO 15.1
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Thanks for reading! #18thCentury #C18 #C18th #18thC #aphrabehn #amatoryfiction #thehistoryofthenun #sapphiclove
Book auctions ending soon, from 8pm (UK time)
APHRA BEHN 1687 EMPEROR OF THE MOON 1st RESTORATION PLAY
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APHRA BEHN 1st 1687, The EMPEROR of the MOON
Auction starting tonight from 8pm (UK time)
#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #AphraBehn #firstedition #play #theatre #stage #17thcentury #bookauction
#bookauction
Early Modern map of Canterbury, birthplace of Aphra Behn.
#AphraBehn died #OTD in 1689. KMO article written by Alexa Barrett when she was an undergraduate at Canterbury Christ Church University. She may be your teacher now, so here's your chance to impress her!
www.kent-maps.online//17c/17c-beh...
"That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library."
✒️ #AphraBehn, English author and playwright, #DOTD 16 April 1689. #Theatre #Literature
From the life of Behn in *All the Histories and Novels*: crossed out is "and for which reason the very Jesuits deny 'em Baptism."
The things you find in Spanish provincial libraries!
#AphraBehn
#diasporicreaders
#recusants
#Jesuits
🖊️ Aphra Behn: Professional playwright, spy, and barrier-breaker! This Women’s History Month, we honor her as a foundational figure in English literature and theatre. Visit buff.ly/OI7ctOZ #WomensHistoryMonth #AphraBehn
Publishing today!
The Catholicism of literature in the age of the Book of Common Prayer - Poetry, plays, works, 1558-1689
By Thomas Rist bit.ly/3DFAih2
The book covers #WilliamShakespeare #BenJonson #ThomasMiddleton #QueenHenriettaMaria #JohnDonne #JohnDryden #MargaretCavendish #AphraBehn
📚 Aphra Behn didn’t just write—she revolutionized literature. One of the first English women to earn a living as a writer, she defied expectations with bold plays and novels. Let’s keep her story alive! 💡
#AphraBehn #WomenWhoWrite #HistoryMakers #WomensHistoryMonth
New Aphra Behn Statue
ICYMI: “Queen Camilla Unveils New Aphra Behn Statue”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Statue designer Christine Charlesworth said, "My Aphra is walking but glancing behind her because she is carrying interesting things such as a theatre masks and she has a secret message up her sleeve." #aphrabehn
#VirginiaWoolf wrote, “All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of #AphraBehn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds”
What a thrill it was to witness the unveiling by Her Majesty the Queen of #ChristineCharlesworth’s statue of 17th c playwright #AphraBehn!
Queen Camilla stands next to a new statue of Aphra Behn. The sculpture's most striking feature is cartoonish cleavage. She is of course not looking at the book in her hand.
Caption contest? #AphraBehn #womenpoets www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
After years following the campaign to create a #statue to honor #17thcentury playwright and poet #AphraBehn, I’m excited to have arrived in her home town of #Canterbury for the unveiling TOMORROW!
It’s heartening to see extraordinary #women of #history finally getting the recognition they deserve.
Any ABO readers attending #SEASECS 2025 in Savannah? Don't miss out on ABO Editor @lauralrg.bsky.social's presentation, "Behn and Song." Hope to see you this Friday the 7th at 4:30 in the Chippewa Suite!
#aphrabehn #theater #music #restoration
A statue of a woman in a shawl and dress from behind - she carries a masque in her hand.
Teaching Aphra Behn this week has me excited for the unveiling of her statue in Canterbury on the 25th of February. For once, a statue I will actually admire! Christine Charlesworth has done a stunning job #AphraBehn
@brian-mchenry.bsky.social Welcome to the CCS Bluesky a/c. Do you know about #JasonTaylor 's brilliant #Alluvia statue (in pic) and the new #AphraBehn one by #ChristineCharlesworth ?
"That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library."
✒️ #AphraBehn, English playwright and novelist, was #BOTD 14 December 1640 (baptised). #Theatre #Literature
In case you wonder, my icon image is the maquette of #ChristineCharlesworth statue of remarkable #AphraBehn, 1st professional woman writer in English lang. (1640-1690). Will be raised & unveiled in Cantebury on 27 Feb '25. Big pic is her in foundry.
Read: Aphra Behn: Oroonoko or, The Royal Slave (1688).
A curious early novella, almost rocambolesque, of exotic princes, harems, slaves, honour and war and grotesque brutality.
Behn was one of the first British women who supported herself by writing.
#aphrabehn #oroonoko
Aphra behn statue
Was a pleasure to listen to the artist who designed the new statue of Aphra Behn that will be unveiled in Canterbury next February. #AphraBehn
#aphraconference has officially begun! Excited for this week of #AphraBehn delights.
First up: Christine Charlesworth talking about creating the Behn statue that will be installed in Canterbury Feb 2025
