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I Know My Own Heart

A Lesbian Regency Romance

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Emma Donoghue 

  • Nótaí

    I Know my own Heart was first produced at the Playroom Theatre, Cambridge in 1991. It received its professional premiere as a one act play in April 1993, presented by Glasshouse in association with Project Arts Centre, as part of the Acts and Reacts Festival. The play was then re-written and presented as a full-length play, as listed.

  • Achoimre

    As the self-educated heiress to her uncle's estate near Halifax in Yorkshire, Anne Lister broke all of the rules of Regency ladyhood. She travelled unchaperoned, studied Greek and geometry, and refused to even consider marriage. She was also known for a flamboyant devotion to women that exceeded the 'romantic friendship' considered normal for the time. This play explores her affairs with three women over ten years, and probes the choices of a woman trying to understand and express herself in a society based on rules and silences. The play is loosely based on I Know my own Heart: the Diaries of Anne Lister, edited by Helena Whitebread (Virago Press, 1988).

  • Cinéal Dráma

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    Líon na Míreanna

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    • Cast size

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    4

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Anne Clare Dowling
Tib Orla McGovern
Marianne Eunice McMenamin
Nancy Aisling Cronin
Foireann Léirithe  
Stiúrthóir Katy Hayes
Dearthóir Peter Courtney
Léiritheoir Caroline Williams
Dearthóir Soilsithe Marcus Collier
Dearthóir Feistis Sylvia Callan
Bainisteoir Stáitse Diane Richardson
Leas-Bhainisteoir Stáitse Ciara Martin
Oibreoir Soilsithe Stuart Anderson
Oibreoir Fuaime Tadhg Hayes
Sian Quill
Dearthóir Grafach Margaret Lonergan
Grianghrafadóireacht Tadhg Hayes

Scripteanna Foilsithe

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Críoch

    All Territories

  • Cinéal Cearta

    All Rights

  • Teagmháil

    Caroline Davidson Literary Agency

  • Seoladh

    5 Queen Anne's Gardens
    London W4 1TU
    England

  • Guthán

    + 44 (0)20 8995 5768

  • Ríomhphost

    cdla@ukgateway.net

  • Suíomh Idirlín

    www.cdla.co.uk

Foinse Eolais

This information was taken from the original programme and promotional flyer. Additional information was supplied by a previous director of Glasshouse Productions.