Turning John Cleland's 18th century erotic classic "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" into a convincing stage play is a tall order. The book, a product of male fantasy, is a catalogue of sexual feats of every order, rich in euphemism and with a dash of poetry. April de Angelis's adaptation " originally written for Red Shift in the early 90s " is more of an appropriation, with a post-feminist reversal of roles, in which…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PM on February 12, 2015