Emma Horwitz — MARY GETS HERS
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In Mary Gets Hers, Emma Horwitz reinvents Abraham, a 10th-century play by the little-known canoness Hrosvitha of Gandersheim. Horwitz talks about discovering and adapting Hrosvitha's complex work, putting the play in conversation with queerness, and adding smiley face emoticons to dialogue.
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