Bringing Phillis to Life

When:
Monday, Oct 30, 2023 6:00p -
7:00p

Where:
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston St
Boston, MA 02215

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Admission:
$10

Hosted by:
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jbelknap1791 Massachusetts Historical Society

Categories:
Art, History, Lectures & Conferences, Social Good

Event website:
https://www.masshist.org/events/bringing-phillis-life

This is a hybrid event. FREE for MHS Members. $10 per person fee (in person). No charge for virtual attendees or Card to Culture participants (EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare). The in-person reception starts at 5:30 and the program will begin at 6:00.


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Phillis in London, a new play written by Ade Solanke, dramatizes and reimagines Phillis Wheatley’s experience of being an enslaved African woman writer abroad in London in 1773. She was “celebrated” by the elite of the British empire, despite visiting at the height of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Phillis Wheatley, who published the first book by an African American woman, has recently been the subject of plays and artistic renderings. Ade Solanke, David Waldstreicher and Tara Bynum will discuss the legacy of Wheatley and how artists have chosen to portray her.

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