Description: Four literary heroines of the nineteenth century set conventionalism ablaze when they
turn down marriage proposals from their equally famous gentlemen callers. What results
is a confluence of love, anger, grief and bloodshed, as the ensemble struggles to
reconcile their romantic destinies with their modern ideas of courtship. Everything
you’ve learned about love from the pages of Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights,
Jane Eyre, and Little Women is turned upside down in this grand theatrical battle
royale.
In Jaclyn Backhaus’ sharp look at the literary history of love, more modern notions
of feminism and independence are brought into conflict with the rigid strictures of
Victorian literature. What results is a play of boundless spirit, bold female characters
and new perspectives on some classic heroes of page and stage.
