TEMPTING PROVIDENCETheatre Newfoundland LabradorOn Tour |
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TEMPTING PROVIDENCE |
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Tempting Providence is a story of courage and strength told with simple elegance. British-trained nurse & midwife Myra Grimsley arrived in Newfoundland from her native London, England in 1921 after hearing of the desperate need for her work in rural communities. She was one of the first group of outport nurses who became a legend for performing a variety of medical tasks, from delivering babies to setting bones to extracting teeth. All this she did in all kinds of weather while traveling by foot, horse, dogsled, boat along the 320-kilometer rugged Northern Peninsula. She was known throughout Newfoundland and Labrador as "Florence Nightingale of the North". Tempting Providence is a wonderful, heart-felt portrayal of Nurse Bennett who has been honored many times over by the Governments of Canada and Britain. Since it’s world premiere on June 1, 2002 at TNL’s Gros Morne Theatre Festival, Tempting Providence has played to more than 70,000 people in 370 performances in 9 Canadian provinces, one territory, Ireland, England, Scotland and Australia. Now, in 2012, Tempting Providence will set on a provincial tour including 70 communities.
Written by Robert Chafe |
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PerformanceTempting Providence |
DatesJuly 3 at 8:00 pm |
VenueACC St. John's |
Price Range
$25.00 Adults |