In 1614, a mother of eight put on a play about her cheating neighbour. The scandalous story changes what we know about women in theatre
On September 4, in 1614, a woman named Alice Mustian put on a play in the English city of Salisbury. Erecting a stage in her own backyard, Mustian assembled a group of local children, including her ten-year-old son Phillip, to perform a play based on local gossip: that Mary Roberts,…
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