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Smith, Kathryn (American playwright and theater manager, 1956- ), “Rossetti’s Wife,”

a 45-minute comedy-drama in English set in London, 1870,

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© 1994 by Kathryn Smith;  •  script/rights available from Kathryn Smith, 400 Heyward Road, Anderson, South Carolina 29621, U.S.A., telephone (work) 864-224-4248, (home) 864-224-0290, or bulldog@clemson.campus.mci.net.  •  Cited January 13, 1996; Smith says,

Dramatis Personae Dante Gabriel Rossetti (m), Lizzie Rossetti (f)

Synopsis “Dante Gabriel, addresses the audience about the founding of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in Victorian England and of the love and inspiration he found in Lizzie, his model and wife. Lizzie, outside Gabriel's hearing, injects witheringly her side of the story: his adultery, disregard, and callous treatment that eventually drove her to suicide.

Comment “This is essentially a one-man show with commentary by a ghost. The play explores art history and human nature.”

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