Acknowledgements

The playwright is indebted to Dr. Peter Dally, whose book, Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Psychological Study, sparked a lively debate in both The Lancet and The British Medical Journal and made known Elizabeth’s drug problem to the modern world.

The playwright also wishes to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, Factory Theatre and Ken Gass, the Stratford Festival and Andrey Tarasiuk, the Banff Playwrights Colony and Vicki Stroich and everyone involved in the production at ATP for making it such a glorious premiere.