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Signature Events
Dates
March 6, 2009
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Description
A staged reading of Carol Gilligan's adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter kicks off the Eighth Annual International Women's Day Conference at Simon's Rock, co-sponsored by the college and Berkshire Women for Women Worldwide.
Of the play, Gilligan says, "Hawthorne's brilliant insight—he is writing now in 1850, at the time of Brook Farm and the Abolitionist Feminists— was that the very qualities that render a woman able to see the iron framework of society also disable her as an adulterated woman. He captures it all in the letter A, which, as the story explains, means Able as well as Adultery. The central theme in my book, The Birth of Pleasure, is the tension between love and patriarchy. This is also the theme of The Scarlet Letter."
Featuring Marisa Tomei as Hester Pryne, Gilligan's adaptation was first performed to critical acclaim at New York's Women Center Stage. Gilligan will be on hand for a disussion of the play following the performance.
Price
$10
Performance Schedule
Fri, Mar 6 - 6:30PM
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