Shakespeare's Globe, London Helen Edmundson's powerful play about the life and works of proto-feminist Juana Inés de la Cruz boasts powerful performances and a quiet witIt's scandalous that the work of Juana Inés de la Cruz is not more widely known. Born into a mixed-race family in a remote district of Mexico in 1651, De la Cruz entered a convent at the age of 21, where, ferociously self-educated, she became …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:38AM on August 6, 2015