New Episode! Whitehall Episode 10: “Our Hope Alone”
Matters of national import become the purview of closed-door conferences as one plot is exposed while another is reconsidered.
Liz Duffy Adams
Liz Duffy Adams is a playwright whose play neo-Restoration comedy Or, premiered Off Broadway at Women’s Project Theater and has been produced some 40 times since, including at Magic Theater and Seattle Rep. She’s a New Dramatists alumna and has received a Women of Achievement Award, Lillian Hellman Award, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Weston Playhouse Music Theater Award, and Will Glickman Award. Her plays include Dog Act; A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World; Buccaneers; Wet or, Isabella the Pirate Queen Enters the Horse Latitude; The Listener; The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge of It or, The Train Play; and One Big Lie. LizDuffyAdams.com. @lizduffyadams.
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Barbara Samuel on writing Whitehall Episode 9: “The Marriage of True Minds”
One of the great pleasures of writing Whitehall is simply the pleasure of traveling to England in my mind, wandering around smelling pies baking and exploring the deepest reaches of those old kitchens and admiring the pelicans in St. James Park.
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New Episode! Whitehall Episode 9: “The Marriage of True Minds”
It’s high time for a holiday when an unseasonably cold summer leaves spirits suppressed and Catherine in ill health.
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Madeleine Robins on writing Whitehall Episode 8: “Ambitions Which Climb Upwards”
One of my favorite books is Jane Eyre, and one of my favorite lines in it comes when Jane confronts Rochester, who has been playing merry hob with her emotions: "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, that I am soulless and heartless?" The answer, of course, is absolutely not.
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New Episode! Whitehall Ep 8: “Ambitions Which Climb Upwards”
Even amidst the swirl of court intrigue, the residents of Whitehall keep their eyes on the prize–and the throne.
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Barbara Samuel on writing Whitehall Episode 7: “Imperfect Enjoyment”
The best part of writing historical fiction is the happy accidents that always, always arise. At the start, the work of bringing the past alive begins with world-building—who was there and where did they live and how did they dress and what was on the table. In Whitehall, that world is the Restoration, and it’s a juicy era no matter what angle you examine it from.
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New Episode! Whitehall Episode 7: “Imperfect Enjoyment”
A delegation from Muscovy sets Whitehall awhirl with ambassadors from the East and their exotic gifts. But while Catherine seeks solace in her faith, others find comfort in more recklessly carnal pleasures.
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New Episode! Whitehall Episode 6: “Divine Passion”
When it comes to the theater, sometimes the audience holds more drama than the stage.
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Whitehall: Illustrated
Whitehall is almost back from hiatus and we are celebrating by sharing with you some exquisite illustrations done by the amazingly talented Kristin Kwan! Feast your eyes on these drawings of Catherine, Barbara, Charles and more.
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Meet The Character: Jenny of Whitehall
All of our Serial Box serials have such dynamic casts that we thought it was high time we got to know some of them a bit more personally. To that end, we are very excited to kick off a new feature here on The Back of The Box: Meet the Character!
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Follow British Royalty Through the Ages with this Bounty of Great Historical Fiction
Has Whitehall whet your appetite for more historical fiction about British royals? Check out this round-up of the best historical fiction set in period England!
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Deleted Scenes: Whitehall Episode 2, Skilled Artifice
The cutting room floor: a place of wonders only writers and editors can wander - and now you! Behold this deleted scene from Episode 2 of Whitehall, shared with us more generously by "Skilled Artifice" writer Mary Robinette Kowal.