The Man She Was
By Ric Averill
The Man She Was is a play that needs 11 or more performers (4 women, 6 men, 1 any gender). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 11 or more performers
- Roles
- 4 women, 6 men, 1 any gender
- Cast notes
- 6 to 24m., 4 to 18w., 1 to 20 either gender.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- historical
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
In this gender-bending historical action drama based on her book Memoirs of a Soldier, Nurse, and Spy: A Woman's Adventures in the Union Army , Emma Edmonds enlists as Frank Thompson and serves as a male nurse, then a spy and finally a soldier. Emma was one of more than 400 women who posed as men to fight in the Civil War. Originally from Canada, Emma ran from an abusive father and lived in Michigan as a man, selling books door to door for a trade. Her disguise as Frank leads her into complicate
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