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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 20 2012, 12:48 PM (155 Views) | |
| becky sharp | Jun 20 2012, 12:48 PM Post #1 |
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Was soon lost in this and thoroughly enjoyed it... In Renaissance Italy, women might have intelligence and a degree of power, but their lives are limited by the number of pregnancies they have to undergo. Michelene Wandor's play springs from a visit to Mantua, her love of Renaissance music and her fascination with the powerful women of history. Her Lucrezia Borgia shows us a vulnerable woman, but also of course, a ruthless one and Isabella d'Este is revealed as a woman of taste and sensitivity, but one who can be equally ruthless. The portraits of the two powerful Renaissance women in northern Italy make us aware of the limitations of their lives and the terrible lessons learned from their husbands, lovers, brothers and in the case of Lucrezia, a terrifying father - Roderigo Borgia, who became Pope Alexander VI. And when you throw in a devil you have a play that is truly entertaining and captivating. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jxs60 |
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| rumbaba | Jun 20 2012, 12:58 PM Post #2 |
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I misread this as 'Courtney Love' (Kurt Cobain's ex)
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| becky sharp | Jun 20 2012, 12:59 PM Post #3 |
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Time for Specsavers?? |
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