This week, we take a look at the life of groundbreaking 17th century writer Aphra Behn. Hidden in the East Cloister of Westminster Abbey is a gravestone every woman should read. It carries the ...

The poet, writer and dramatist Aphra (Astrea or Aphara) Behn (1640?-1689) was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey, near the steps up into the church. Thomas Sprat was Dean of Westminster ...

Playwright, poet, spy. Anne McElvoy discusses Aphra Behn with Professor Elaine Hobby and director Loveday Ingram who has given Behn's play The Rover a South American carnival setting at the RSC.