Staff + Student LoginThe Convent of Pleasure
Presenter/Speaker: THST301
Date: Wednesday 6 June 2012 - Saturday 09 June 2012
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Playhouse, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato, Gate 2B, Knighton Rd
Contact: hwright@waikato.ac.nz
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/282241468537388/?ref=notif¬if_t=plan_user_invited
What do you do if you're a rich, attractive, young woman who can clearly see that heterosexual love and marriage is nothing more than a trap, guaranteed to make you some man's slave? If you're Lady Happy, in Margaret Cavendish's The Convent of Pleasure, it will involve subverting the dominant order and setting up your own self-sufficient, all female utopia, strictly no men allowed. Only, will her convent wall really be able to keep them out and what are the ladies getting up to while left to their own devices? A chance to see a seldom performed seventeenth-century extravaganza revolving around gender issues and the battle of the sexes, with just a little cross-dressing thrown in for good measure.
Dates and Times
Wed 6 June 7:30pm Opening night
Thurs 7 June 7:30pm Performance
Fri 8 June 7:30pm Performance
Sat 9 June 7:30pm Final Night
Door Sales Only
Tickets $10.00 (cash only)
Bookings 07 838 4922 or email hwright@waikato.ac.nz
