Paige Elizabeth Allen ’21 and Eliana Cohen-Orth ’21 take on “Unbecoming” — a play written by Emma Watkins ’18 — for their senior theses. With its performance taking place completely outdoors, “Unbecoming” follows the story of Lady Charlotte Guest, a real figure from the 1800s, as she works to translate the collection of Welsh tales known as the “Mabinogian.”
A Victorian housewife’s ‘Unbecoming’ behavior revealed in new online play
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Posted Jan 10, 2021
Princeton seniors Eliana Cohen-Orth, left, and Paige Allen perform in the filmed production of Unbecoming, in which they also serve as director and dramaturg, respectively.Cathy Watkins
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Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest (1812-1895) was an English aristocrat and a leading figure in the study of literature and the wider Welsh Renaissance of the 19th century much to her husband’s chagrin. He’d rather she dedicate her full attention to her housewife duties and the raising of their seven children.
Lady Guest’s story is told in “Unbecoming,” a new play by Princeton theater alumna Emma Watkins, Class of 2018, which will be presented by the university’s Lewis Center for Theater and Arts Program in Theater in four online streamings from Friday, Jan. 15, to Sunday, Jan. 17.
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