BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:World Premiere of The Book of Poissy BEGIN:VEVENT UID:283792025-09-13 DTSTART:20250913T230000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20250914T003000Z LOCATION:111 Adams Avenue\nLewes Delaware 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=111 Adams Avenue\nLewes Del aware 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=111 Adams Avenue:geo:38.767089,-75.1 40999 GEO:38.767089;-75.140999 SUMMARY:World Premiere of The Book of Poissy CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Lewes Public Library presents SummerScape 2025\, featuring fifteen\nlive events in the library's new outdoor pavilion\, celebrating\n performing arts\, history\, literature\, and science! Suzanne Savoy\, star \nof stage and screen\, premieres her newest one-woman piece\, The Book of \nPoissy. Christine de Pizan’s The Book of Poissy\, written in 1400\, is \nthe lively retelling of a jaunt on horseback from Paris to Poissy.\nAlon g the way\, Christine asks the reader to judge a “who’s\nsaddest” co mpetition between two tragi-comic lovers and slyly\ncompares the life of w omen in a Dominican cloister with that of noble\nladies living in the Age of Chivalry. The tale takes surprising and\nsometimes hilarious turns\, as in moments when the lovers describe\ntheir paramours like prized racehors es\, down to the set of their ears\nand noses. This is the first English t ranslation of an overlooked\nMedieval French masterpiece\, accompanied by lutenist Gaven Dianda.\nSuzanne Savoy has made a career of performing on T V and in film and\nonstage in regional theatres\, playing Shakespeare’s Desdemona\,\nEmilia\, Rosalind\, Viola\, and many other classical roles. L ately she\nhas been translating the works of Christine de Pizan for perfor mance\nand publication. To reserve a seat under the pavilion\, each indivi dual\nmust register. Do NOT sign up two people under one reservation. Once \nall seats are reserved\, walk-ins are welcome to sit on the grass\nsurro unding the pavilion but must provide their own lawn chair or\nblanket. Ven ue: Lewes Public Library.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Lewes Public Library presents SummerSca pe 2025\, featuring fifteen live events in the library'\;s new outdoor pavilion\, celebrating performing arts\, history\, literature\, and scienc e! Suzanne Savoy\, star of stage and screen\, premieres her newest one-wom an piece\, The Book of Poissy. Christine de Pizan&rsquo\;s The Book of Poi ssy\, written in 1400\, is the lively retelling of a jaunt on horseback fr om Paris to Poissy. Along the way\, Christine asks the reader to judge a & ldquo\;who&rsquo\;s saddest&rdquo\; competition between two tragi-comic lo vers and slyly compares the life of women in a Dominican cloister with tha t of noble ladies living in the Age of Chivalry. The tale takes surprising and sometimes hilarious turns\, as in moments when the lovers describe th eir paramours like prized racehorses\, down to the set of their ears and n oses. This is the first English translation of an overlooked Medieval Fren ch masterpiece\, accompanied by lutenist Gaven Dianda. Suzanne Savoy has m ade a career of performing on TV and in film and onstage in regional theat res\, playing Shakespeare&rsquo\;s Desdemona\, Emilia\, Rosalind\, Viola\, and many other classical roles. Lately she has been translating the works of Christine de Pizan for performance and publication. To reserve a seat under the pavilion\, each individual must register. Do NOT sign up two peo ple under one reservation. Once all seats are reserved\, walk-ins are welc ome to sit on the grass surrounding the pavilion but must provide their ow n lawn chair or blanket. Venue: Lewes Public Library.

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