Colorful illustration featuring the title “The Content of Pleasure” in white script over rolling green hills, a purple-orange sky, and a ribbon-covered flowering tree. Banner for Margaret Cavendish’s “The Convent of Pleasure“

Margaret Cavendish's "The Convent of Pleasure"

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Cultural Play / Performance Theatre

Fri, Nov 6, 2026

7 PM – 8:30 PM PST (GMT-8)

This event has two showings: November 6 at 7:00 p.m. and November 7 at 2:00 p.m. Click “Register” for more details.

The Little Theater, Humanities Hall 161

University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States

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Margaret Cavendish’s 1668 play "The Convent of Pleasure" tells the story of a Princess who enters a convent of women, only to be revealed as a Prince in disguise. Neah Lekan's adaptation, directed by Sammie Moore, presents a tragicomic reimagining of Cavendish’s original, uniting scholarship and practice to tell a poignant and painfully familiar transfeminine story.

This dramatic reading will be full of familiar faces, featuring actors Rachael VanWormer and Mikayla Conley.

Join us after our matinee on Saturday for a special panel with guest scholars and the artists involved in this project.

Where

The Little Theater, Humanities Hall 161

University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States

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