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  • Marquise d’ Urfé

    • June 2, 2022
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    The Marquise d’Urfé is based upon a real historical figure who we have dramatically reimagined.  D’Urfé was the richest woman in France by dint of her marriage to an immensely rich nobleman who died when she was only 29 (there were, of course, the inevitable rumours that she’d bumped him off).  She was a highly
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  • Gender and sexuality

    • April 2, 2022
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    Two overlapping themes throughout ‘Casanova in Paris’ are gender and sexuality, which is almost inevitable given the period and that the main protagonist is Casanova.  He had an estranged relationship with his mother (see blog on Zanetta Farussi and long form article on Casanova’s early life) who was an actress when for women the profession
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  • Bewildering Bellino

    • February 5, 2022
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    Extract from an article written by Dave on one of Casanova’s first great loves. “Casanova came across Bellino at an inn in Ancona on 25th February, 1744 along with his mother, a brother (Petronio, ‘the first female dancer at the opera’, i.e., a female impersonator) and two sisters, Marina and Cecilia.  The family were performers
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