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Belle Moral

Name: Belle Moral
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Author: Ann-Marie MacDonald
ISBN: 9780307397249

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Published on May 13, 2008 | 160 Pages

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In Belle Moral: A Natural History, we are steeped in a world on the cusp between magic and art, and science and madness.

Set in 1899 just outside Edinburgh, the play unfolds in the venerable estate known as Belle Moral, home to Pearl MacIsaac, an avid amateur paleontologist and proud “new woman”; her maiden Aunt Flora, a sweetly maternal figure who nonetheless keeps an iron-grip on her set of keys; and a staff of quirky household retainers who seem to know more than they are willing say. As Pearl steels herself for the reading of her late father’s will and the inevitable arrival of her wayward younger brother, Victor, she also does her best to dismiss the sinister signs that her home may house another occupant…one whose existence her aunt and the good Doctor Reid seem determined to keep secret.

“The most significant aspect of Belle Moral is the profound contribution of women to society, even if their place is constantly circumscribed and compromised.” —Canadian Literature

“An extremely intelligent and erudite play . . . that mixes the comic and gothic stylistically, with the scientific and political thematically.” —The Globe and Mail

“Bright and satiric. . . . Few other writers are so good at telling a story while arguing an intellectual point.” —NOW (Toronto)

“The most significant aspect of Belle Moral is the profound contribution of women to society, even if their place is constantly circumscribed and compromised.” —Canadian Literature

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Ann-Marie MacDonald

ANN-MARIE MACDONALD is an award-winning novelist, playwright, actor, and broadcast host. Her writing for the stage includes the plays Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Belle Moral: A Natural History, and Hamlet-911, along with the libretto for the chamber opera Nigredo Hotel, and book and lyrics for the musical Anything That Moves. She is the author of the bestselling novels Fall on Your Knees, The Way the Crow Flies, and Adult Onset. Ann-Marie is a graduate of the Acting Program of The National Theatre School of Canada. In 2019 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of her contribution to the arts and her LGBTQ2SI+ activism. She is married to theatre director Alisa Palmer, with whom she has two children.www.annmariemacdonald.com https://www.facebook.com/AnnMarieMacDonaldAuthor

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