by Gail M. Burns, July 2005. “Boston marriage” was a term used in the nineteenth-century to describe romantic friendships between women that included long-term cohabitation. These were not necessarily sexual relationships, nor were they considered immoral or perverted. Marriage was a very different institution then than it is now. Women…

by Gail M. Burns, July 2005. The Miniature Theatre of Chester has launched their 2005 season, billed as “A Summer of Uncommon Love Stories”, with a funny, touching, and intellectually stimulating production of William Nicholson’s Tony nominated 2002 play The Retreat from Moscow. The title of this moving and expertly performed play…