People interested in exploring the material in more depth may read texts listed in a bibliography that will be available on line and through the state's libraries. In addition, some of Elizabeth's writings upon which the performances are drawn are coded into the WWP's electronic textbase. A website dedicated to the performances and linked to the Rhode Island Library Network will be up and running after Aug. 10, and the public will be able to order printed transcripts of the WWP texts used in the show through that site after Oct. 15, 1997. Meardon has been assisted in her preparation for the role by the project's artistic director, Anne Brady, by Professor Karen Newman of Brown University's Departments of Comparative Literature and English, and by Professor Elizabeth Hageman of the University of New Hampshire. The library performances After a special performance at the Providence Athenaeum Library in mid-September, the show will tour Rhode Island public libraries.
All performances are free and open to the public.
The mission of the Women Writers Project is to create and make accessible an electronic textbase of women's writing in English before 1830. Founded in 1986, the Women Writers Project pioneered the use of Standard Generalized Markup Language to create this versatile and long-lived scholarly resource. Its mission is to promote public understanding and appreciation for the humanities and to provide opportunities for all Rhode Islanders to educate themselves in the fields of history, literature, philosophy, religion, music and the arts.