MIDNIGHT ROSE
Wendy Buonaventura
“She
was the Marilyn Monroe of my youth”
– Sir Herbert Read
Midnight Rose is based on the life of
Edwardian dancer Maud Allan, who performed as the Bible's
most infamous temptress and paid the price for embodying
men's worst nightmares about women. Allan’s Vision of
Salome made her a celebrity, though the dance profession
in those days was considered only a step above prostitution.
In 1918 a newspaper article The Cult of the Clitoris
hinted that she was a lesbian and Allan sued for libel. The
trial that followed threw a searchlight on the social
hypocrisies and sexual ignorance of the age, as
self-appointed guardians of public morality lined up to
attack one of the most infamous women of her day. ISBN #
978-1-898495-07-9
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