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TOP SCHOLAR BECOMES OUR SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
The Society is delighted to announce that Professor Elaine Hobby, who has been a vigorous and distinguished supporter of the Aphra Behn Project, has kindly agreed to become our second […]
Public Voting Begins on Designs for the Aphra Behn Statue
The four final designs for the Aphra Behn statue have now been revealed and aren’t they gorgeous! Each design has its own hidden secrets and messages, detailing information about the […]
An Amorous Jilt on Pride Saturday
CCS marked Canterbury’s Pride Saturday with a fun-filled reading of Aphra Behn’s riotously amusing but little known play The Younger Brother or The Amorous Jilt. Unperformed since the 1690s, the […]
Walking and talking
On Sunday 12 June CCS trustees Charlotte Cornell, David Reekie and Julian Waltho delivered another excellent guided tour of Canterbury. Focussed on the city in the middle of the troubled […]
Reading the Rover
On the afternoon of Saturday 4 June, Aphra Behn’s best known play, The Rover, was given a vigorous and thoroughly enjoyable reading in St Peter’s Anglican Church by a band […]
Stardust at the Dinner
Leading TV, film and stage actor Alexandra Gilbreath (Monarch of the Glen, Life Begins, The Bill, Not Going Out, etc) has kindly agreed to speak at the Grand Aphra Behn […]
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Our fundraising dinner is just over two weeks away. Can you join us in Canterbury on 16th July to raise money for the Aphra Behn statue and have a fun, fine dining evening with celebrity guests as well! Book here https://aphragaladinner.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=estw&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=tw&utm-term=checkoutwidget @Eventbrite
We are at @TheRSC today showing the four shortlisted designs for the Aphra Behn statue and talking to the public about the incredible woman Aphra was. If you can’t make it down please remember to vote for your favourite online https://www.cantcommsoc.co.uk/sculptors-shortlist/
We are at @TheRSC today showing the four shortlisted designs for the Aphra Behn statue and talking to the public about the incredible woman Aphra was. If you can’t make it down please remember to vote for your favourite online https://www.cantcommsoc.co.uk/sculptors-shortlist/
Visit us to see a display of maquette sculptures of Aphra Behn - Britain's first professional woman writer - as part of a tour of England to celebrate her work and decide which sculpture gets made into a full-size statue.
Mon 27 & Tues 28 June - read more https://www.rsc.org.uk/news/vote-for-your-favourite-aphra-behn-statue https://twitter.com/AphraStatue/status/1537422691623481346
Who is going to come and meet us on these dates and see the four shortlisted designs for the #AphraStatue 🫵
RT if you think the first professional woman writer in the English language - Aphra Behn 1640-1689 - deserves a statue.
https://www.aisforaphra.org/news/article/shortlisted-aphra-behn-statue-designs-revealed#.YrLwK9HQ-9A.twitter
