Heresy of Love, The
- Full Length Play, Drama, 17th Century
- 7M, 8F
- ISBN: 9781848424937
In the late 1600's, in a convent in Mexico, a gifted and progressive writer finds herself at the centre of a deadly battle of ideas.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: 17th Century
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Inspired by the extraordinary life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Helen Edmundson's The Heresy of Love is a powerful drama about a clash between organised religion and personal faith, full of intrigue and danger, ruthless ambitions and illicit desire.
Premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2012, The Heresy of Love was revived in a new production at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in 2015.
REVIEWS:
"Superb... an instant classic."
Daily Mail
"The great quality of Edmundson's play is that it has the sweep, the intrigue, and the bold theatrical effects of the original Spanish Golden Age dramas... an unmistakable winner."
Daily Telegraph
"A bold and eloquent play that confronts titanic conflicts between church and state, faith and creativity, and male and female power-structures."
The Guardian
Characters
- Casting: 7M, 8F
- Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers, Large Cast
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