The Belle's Stratagem is a play that even the most notoriously cross-referential critic would have trouble comparing to another version, as 'lady playwright' Hannah Cowley's 1780 play hasn't graced the stage since a regional production in 1888. While Hannah Cowley was unusually well-educated for a woman of her time and The Belle's Stratagem was a [...]
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:45PM on September 11, 2011