Where Will Aphra Stand?
On a sodden Monday 7 November, our chosen sculptor Christine Charlesworth met with trustees Stewart Ross, Charlotte Cornell, Hilary Brian and Andrew Webster to examine the two favoured sites for […]
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Whitstable Harbour Project
Thanks to a generous legacy, the Society is producing a model of Whitstable Harbour. We hope the exhibit will be ready during 2023 to coincide with the centenary of the […]
Aphra Ahoy!
Today we announce the design for the Aphra statue to grace our city centre. Christine Charlesworth’s beautiful ‘Playwright, Poet, Pioneer’ will stand on the other side of the street from […]
The Aphra Behn Society of Canterbury
The ABCS is proud to announce these Canterbury Festival events: Friday 21st October Aphra Behn with Mel Gutteridge and the Musicke Companye – readings and music. Tuesday 25th October Nigel […]
Aphra Behn Society invitation
The Aphra Behn Society invites CCS members to the Canterbury Festival for: An evening of music by The Musicke Company and readings read by Mel Gutteridge, 21 October, 7.30 pm […]
APHRA DINNER A SMASH HIT
The Society’s summer’s Aphra Behn Statue Campaign reached to a glorious climax at the Grand Fundraising Dinner on Saturday 16 July. 80 guests were royally entertained by Matthew Townshend, Alexandre […]
Event at Lady Wootton’s Green
In 2006 the Society erected statues of King Ethelbert of Kent and Bertha on Lady Wootton’s Green, Canterbury. It was during Ethelbert’s reign that St Augustine came to Canterbury on […]
Oroonoko revived
In 1696, the Irish playwright Thomas Southerne adapted Aphra Behn’s novel Oroonoko for the stage. Though his version strayed quite widely from the original, it was popular at the time […]
What a Rant!
On Saturday 2 July the CCS Aphra Behn play reading group assembled for the third time to tackle one of the works of Canterbury most celebrated daughter. This time it […]