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The Tragedy of Mariam in 1613. Mariam is the first known play in English written by a woman; it is also a play full of assertive women characters declaring independence, demanding freedom in marriage, and arguing for the right to divorce. This undergraduate production took as its keynote a speech by Salome from Act 1 Scene 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Why should such privilege to man be given? Or given to them, why barr’d from women then? Are men than we in greater grace with Heaven? Or cannot women hate as well as men? I’ll be the custom-breaker: and begin To show my sex the way to freedom’s door…" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---Cast (in order of appearance)--- Chorus/Elizabeth Carey - Ruth Aldridge Mariam - Lindsay Stewart Alexandra - Hannah Rudman Salome - Alice McLaughlin Silleus - Nikki Brown Constabarus - Alexia Daniels Pheroras - Emma Devereux Graphina - Rebecca Preuveneers Babas’ Son - Hannah Rudman Doris - Karen Hall Antipater - Diego Nascimento Ananell - Rebecca Preuveneers Sohemus - Nikki Brown Herod - Helen Tozer Nuntio - Valerie Piederriere Butler - Anna Wirz ---Crew--- Stage Manager - Valerie Piederriere Set - Robin Henderson Lighting - Tony Banner & Anna Wirz Costume - Lisa Regal & Alexia Daniels Choreography - Lindsay Stewart Hurdy Gurdy - Vincent Jones Filming by Sian Busby