page_title: Sophia Morrison
section_title: Theatre
hierarchical_section_title: Sophia Morrison / Work / Theatre
caption_attribution_description: English: Sophia Morrison (1859-1917), Manx folklorist, cultural activist and writer.
context_page_description: Sophia Morrison was a Manx cultural activist, folklore collector and author. Through her own work and role in encouraging and enthusing others, she is considered to be one of the key figures of the Manx cultural revival. She is best remembered today for writing Manx Fairy Tales, published in 1911, although her greatest influence was as an activist for the revitalisation of Manx culture, particularly through her work with the Manx Language Society and its journal, Mannin, which she edited from 1913 until her death.
context_section_description: Morrison's commitment to a living Manx culture saw her become director of The Peel Players, a small theatre company which produced specifically Manx plays, generally written in Anglo-Manx dialect. The significance and success of the group is shown by their performing plays both across the island and also in England.
  The group was significant in promoting a sense of Manx identity, both through the plays performed and in the dialect used. It is perhaps unique in Manx history in being able to run a successful theatre group through plays written by local authors. Chief amongst the Manx authors who found their outlet in the Peel Players were Christopher R. Shimmin, Cushag and W. Clucas Kinley.
caption: Sophia Morrison was ”averse to photographs as she had problems from childhood with her eyes giving her a form of squint"[2]
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