THE ARIA OF JULIE D'AUBIGNY, the cross-dressing, sword-fighting, opera singer, wherein she seduces men and women alike, wins numerous duels, must be twice pardoned by the King, and eventually finds true love.
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Dave Osmundsen:
4 Feb. 2024
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Julie d’Aubigny’s life has become fodder for half-truths, exaggerations, and outright fabrications. Monica Cross acknowledges the myths and legends through five gadfly gossips who act as an incorrigible and unruly Greek Chorus, and then returns the narrative to the flawed, yet deeply principled human at its center. While lengthy, the play consistently intrigues and entertains, then wallops you with one of the most emotionally intimate, vulnerable, and moving love stories I have read in quite some time. A perfect play for colleges and universities. ”
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Nora Louise Syran:
8 Oct. 2022
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A "duelist [who has] never lost a duel. A lover ever attentive to [her] beloved [who has] hidden these features within the uncut gem of [her] wild and reckless behavior." A brilliant historical figure brought to life by Monica Cross in a fast-paced, action-filled, easy to stage historical romance. Well done! ”
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Christopher Soucy:
7 Oct. 2022
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D’Aubigny had always been one of my favorite historical figures! Monica Cross does a fantastic job of telling the incredible story of a most incredible human being. ”
Character Information
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Julie D’AUBIGNY, Mademoiselle de Maupin
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Louis-Joseph, Comte D’ALBERT de Luynes
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Marie-Thérèse-Louise, Marquise de FLORENSAC
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Gabriel-Vincent THEVENARD
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KING Louis XIV, the Sun King
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Gretchen, d’Albert’s MISTRESS
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Development History
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, Mary Baldwin University, Shakespeare and Performance program
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Awards
, O'Neill National Playwrights Conference
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, Shakespeare's New Contemporaries
, American Shakespeare Center
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