🚨NEW! Historical similarities between the characters in Act I of POT GIRLS:

• Names: Lady M’s name is unknown, Phillis was given a new name, Sor Juana adopted a new name after joining the order
• Non-traditional education: Lady M, Sor Juana, and Phillis all taught themselves at an early age/fast rate
• Love poems: Sappho and Sor Juana both wrote love poems about women!!
• Lost/unknown info: Sappho’s poetry, Sor Juana’s birth date (two baptisms on record), Lady M’s name, Phillis’s life before being enslaved and after being freed
• Learning multiple languages: Lady M (Chinese and Japanese), Sor Juana (Spanish, Latin, Nauhatl), Phillis (English, Greek, Latin, her native language)
• Title of The Tenth Muse: Sor Juana and Sappho
• Marriage: Sor Juana famously never married, Sappho’s history on this is unclear, and Murasaki Shikibu married late (age 25) and was only married for 2 years
• Ladies-in-waiting: Sor Juana and Lady M
• Almost every character (and Caryl Churchill!) has been described as “prolific”