NPR: A much-anticipated revival of The Heiress, a 1947 play based on the Henry James novella Washington Square, opens in New York on Thursday. It marks the Broadway debut of two accomplished young stars — Jessica Chastain, the Academy Award nominee from The Help, and Dan Stevens, from the hit television series Downton Abbey.
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'...throughout history, women have been defined by the men in their life'. That is a very interesting thought. I am not disagreeing, but I think that it might be only a half truth. Because, the women in a woman's life, whether they be absent, meek, strong, abusive or loving, define a women just as much. It may be subtler, or insomuch as just pushing the woman to be influenced by the men in her life, but it is there without a doubt.
I mean it even says in the article, that 'It is devastating, when your whole life has been about ... [pleasing] your father', well was she so desperate to please him because she had no other parent and withheld his love? Who is the other woman in the photo at the top? Is she a guardian? Grandmother or Aunt? Is she pushing Catherine one way or another?
Regardless this play sounds like it would be interesting to see how Catherine grows and is shaped.
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