#aphrabehn

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"That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat." -Aphra Behn #rufskin #ruflife #mensfashion #swim #swimwear #fashion #style #lifestyle #photography #art #artist #quote #aphrabehn #homme #pool #life #tranquility #retreat #rest #relax #chill #peace #love #lovelast (at The Pool!) https://www.instagram.com/p/CECiTeDh219/?igshid=1jzo9b3tk711k

[scribblesoffreams]

I started this drawing in January 2017, struggled get her finished, so put it aside only to find it yesterday and finish it today. This either means I'm getting better or slacker! Danusia Samal, dancing and singing on stage as the audience entered playing the part of Astrea in the #rsc performance of #TheRover by #aphrabehn 2016/17. @danusiaSamal @thersc #artistsoninstagram #ipadpro #digitalart #figuredrawing

[tyneoconnell]

Going anywhere with the magnificent @markogm is always an extraordinary adventure but after 💯 days of #lockdown the gaiety & splendour of @oliviermouraoart luncheon soirée was a slice of heaven ⚜️#Artists throw the best parties but entering Olivier’s World was like walking into one of his artworks or a poem by #aphrabehn or #oscarwilde - There were minstrel galleries, pianists, heavenly delicacies, #champagne dancing and a galaxy of #Dandies #dandizettes & #eccentrics ... a glimpse of #xanadu in Chelsea 💜 Olivier looked very fetching dancing in his Covid19 Perspex face shield...only an artist could make a #socialdistancingparty so chic 💜 @victoriagrant @2blake @raja.aulla #bespoke #tiara by @velveteccentric (at Chelsea, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCRm_hugcMN/?igshid=d1tygjburi2o

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March 23, 1720 - A Performance of Aphra Behn’s The Rover

For the Benefit of Mrs. Booth.

By His Majesty’s Company of Comedians.

At the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, To-Morrow, being Thursday, the 24th of Match, will be presented a Comedy, call’d The Rover; or, The Banish’d Cavaliers. The part of the Rover by Mr. Wilks, Col. Belvil Mr. Mills, Ned Blunt Mr. Johnson, Hellena Mrs. Booth, Angelica Mrs. Porter. The Front Boxes and Pit to be laid together. Tickets to be had at Mr. Cook’s, the Box-keeper, at the Theatre, at 5s. each. N.B. To prevent the Ladies from waiting, none but the Gallery-Doors will be open’d till 5 a-Clock. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s.

Daily Courant (March 23, 1720)

[tyneoconnell]

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As a little girl, #quentincrisp instructed me; “Life’s too short to fit in!” & besides “you owe it to your biographer to make everyday extraordinary!” Growing up in #Mayfair I was told that once I walked away from the mirror it was the rest of the world who had to look at me. I was taught to ask myself, “if I was about to go to a Mayfair #Salon with playwright #AphraBehn 1649-1688 #QueenHenri #malfrith or #OscarWilde would this costume be worthy?” It’s always time to be sartorially daring. No one will thank you for fitting-in. #History is not made by conformists but #eccentrics bold men & women who dared to cut a line in the way they think, dress & live.” *Tyne O’Connell. @londonfashionweek carries the flame for sartorial eccentricity such as @velveteccentric @malanbreton & @joshuakanebespoke - by celebrating “fashion as art” But Fashion is also a means of expressing bold new ideas in a visual language as artist @highfashionhockey does with such a splash! @furiousgoose (at Mayfair) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8O8UAnHrj8/?igshid=1383ojaw7qu3b

[tyneoconnell]

Celebrating #aphrabehn by #Smoking #apple #sheesha & sipping #minttea with @jamiejonestv & @muirvidler discussing #lesbian #spy & #playwright #aphrabehn nee Amies; Agent 160 Codename: #Astraea who led a #slave #rebellion in S.America in Surinam in 1660 aged 19 before becoming the first person in #history to make a living as a writer ⚜️Astraea was the toast of the Restoration more famous than her friend #Dryden & wrote more #plays than any other playwright including #Dryden whom she used as her beard in her #Virgil Translations (ancient Greek & Latin we are not considered suitable subjects for ladies) . She also wrote #scientificessays on “the mutability of gender” in Latin for the magnificent #eccentric #MargaretCavendish who spearheaded the #ScientificRevolution ⚜️Astraea was a household name in Britain long after her death in 1688 & all of #London came out for her state funeral ⚜️Unfortunately #Victorian #historians #ghosted #Aphra & other women & #LGBTQ #Celebrities from history in their hetronormalisation of a straight white Protestant #heroic narrative! Astraea’s magnificence cannot be overstated - she wrote the first novel in history #oronooko loosely based on the slave revolution she led which first catapulted her into a household name inspiring women & alarming men with her deeds of daring do ⚜️Astraea aka #aphrabehn was rediscovered by the #BloomsburyGroup & #VirginiaWoolf wrote “all women ought to let flowers fall on the tomb of Aphra Behn, for t’was she who gave women the right to speak their mind” She is buried in #westminsterabbey ⚜️wearing @missladybird24 Alexandra #crown & collar 💜 (at London Marriott Hotel Marble Arch) https://www.instagram.com/p/B24iWYcgVwj/?igshid=1v04omeut6ryr

[tyneoconnell]

With Christine & Niki At the atelier of #Mayfair’s @black.sapote - each piece a #sartorial #jewel evoking every glamorous woman of #mayfair #history from #aphrabehn #cocochanel #CatherineWalker Et al #photographs @muirvidler (at Mayfair) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2z28v5Avm6/?igshid=nd2yqsrx5v2r

[tyneoconnell]

Smoking #sheesha with @jamiejonestv & @muirvidler discussing #lesbian #spy & #playwright #aphrabehn nee Amies; Agent 160 Codename: #Astraea who led a #slave #rebellion in S.America in Surinam in 1660 aged 19 before becoming the first person in #history to make a living as a writer ⚜️Astraea was the toast of the Restoration more famous than her friend #Dryden & wrote more #plays than any other playwright including #Dryden whom she used as her beard in her #Virgil Translations (ancient Greek & Latin we are not considered suitable subjects for ladies) . She also wrote #scientificessays on “the mutability of gender” in Latin for the magnificent #eccentric #MargaretCavendish who spearheaded the #ScientificRevolution ⚜️Astraea was a household name in Britain long after her death in 1688 & all of #London came out for her state funeral ⚜️Unfortunately #Victorian #historians #ghosted #Aphra & other women & #LGBTQ #Celebrities from history in their hetronormalisation of a straight white Protestant #heroic narrative! Astraea’s magnificence cannot be overstated - she wrote the first novel in history #oronooko loosely based on the slave revolution she led which first catapulted her into a household name inspiring women & alarming men with her deeds of daring do ⚜️Astraea aka #aphrabehn was rediscovered by the #BloomsburyGroup & #VirginiaWoolf wrote “all women ought to let flowers fall on the tomb of Aphra Behn, for t’was she who gave women the right to speak their mind” She is buried in #westminsterabbey ⚜️wearing @missladybird24 Alexandre #crown & collar (at The Pickled Hen) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2mpdozAzQ9/?igshid=1ornr6t0qbvry