They Were Here

Clotilde Graves (1863-1932) Bantry, Ireland (EN).


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My 3rd. story. Written from The West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, Ireland.
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 A letter to Clotilde Graves, Irish journalist, author and playwright
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 Clotilde Graves was the first woman to have two plays running simultaneously in London: A Mother of Three and A Matchmaker, which both premiered in 1896. She wrote about sexual abuse, a topic that was hardly recognized in the Victorian era and in a society that ignored issues that could destabilize moral rectitude. Most of her work was therefore seen as a completely inappropriate. But that did not stop her from writing. 
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 Thank you: 
 - West Cork Literary Festival.
 - Flip Through Flanders
 - Flanders Literature
 - Fiona Kearney at the The Glucksman museum in Cork.
 - Tinne De Cort for editing the letter. 

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They Were HereBy Fleur Pierets