Ustinov Studio, BathIn the early 1730s, a young Welsh music teacher called James Parry had a raging affair with his pupil Mary Powell, a wealthy heiress. He hoped for marriage but was jilted by Mary; he was then pursued through the courts by her mother, and in 1741 published a vengeful memoir, The True Anti-Pamela. It is out of this that Julian Mitchell has fashioned a fascinating play that opens a new…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PM on September 20, 2012