Robin Lane
LADIES FIRST, performed by actress Robin Lane and written by Tony-Award winner Maryann Plunkett and Robin Lane, depicts the lives of Jacqueline Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary Lincoln, Rachel Jackson, Julia Tyler, and Abigail Adams.
Through the use of a few costumed accessories and her considerable talent, Lane captures the first wives as they really were: thoughtful, caring human beings whose lives were profoundly affected by their husbands' calling. In a production that is entertaining as well as historically accurate, Robin Lane creates the illusion of becoming six individual women whose lives cover a time span of almost 200 years.
As well as having entertainment value, LADIES FIRST, which has been presented in theatres throughout the United States, may be seen as living history. While preparing the production, Lane painstakingly researched the lives of the first ladies. She spent hours at the Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York and at the Kennedy Library in Boston, looking at films and listening to recordings to authenticate the mannerisms and vocal inflections of Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Kennedy. She also conferred with historians at the Lincoln home in Springfield, Illinois and the Jackson home in Hermitage, Tennessee.
LADIES FIRST, performed by actress Robin Lane and written by Tony-Award winner Maryann Plunkett and Robin Lane, depicts the lives of Jacqueline Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary Lincoln, Rachel Jackson, Julia Tyler, and Abigail Adams.
Through the use of a few costumed accessories and her considerable talent, Lane captures the first wives as they really were: thoughtful, caring human beings whose lives were profoundly affected by their husbands' calling. In a production that is entertaining as well as historically accurate, Robin Lane creates the illusion of becoming six individual women whose lives cover a time span of almost 200 years.
As well as having entertainment value, LADIES FIRST, which has been presented in theatres throughout the United States, may be seen as living history. While preparing the production, Lane painstakingly researched the lives of the first ladies. She spent hours at the Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York and at the Kennedy Library in Boston, looking at films and listening to recordings to authenticate the mannerisms and vocal inflections of Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Kennedy. She also conferred with historians at the Lincoln home in Springfield, Illinois and the Jackson home in Hermitage, Tennessee.
