Elizabeth Craven Book Launch At Benham Park, Berkshire
Benham Park. in Berkshire, the former home of Elizabeth Craven, was the venue for a book launch event held last week to mark the appearance of a new literary biography of the late Georgian poet and playwright, Elizabeth Craven: Writer, Feminist and European.
The author, Julia Gasper, signed copies of the book and gave a short talk about Elizabeth Craven and her links to Benham, where she lived, wrote, welcomed many famous guests and staged some of her own plays as well as other theatrical performances.
Craven was not just bold and adventurous in her travels, but also in her opinions, which were in some ways far ahead of her time.
The event was held by kind permission of the present owner, Mr Michael Fresson, who has meticulously restored the once-neglected mansion to its former beauty and splendour. Benham was designed by the distinguished architect Henry Holland, and its grounds landscaped by Capability Brown. The grounds still contain a Greek theatre built for Elizabeth Craven in the 1770s.
To buy a copy of
see the website of Vernon Press.
https://vernonpress.com/title?id=334
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