Silkweed

After performing to standing ovations at the Cygnet and National Folk Festivals, Silkweed will perform "Jane Franklin-an examined life" at Junction 2010 and later tour regional Tasmania

Silkweed's latest production "Jane Franklin-an examined life" is based on the fascinating life of Jane Franklin....a woman ahead of her time; she was an explorer and adventurer, a prolific diarist and wife of Sir John Franklin, Arctic explorer and one-time Governor of Tasmania. John Franklin died searching for the North-West passage and his widow spent her later years ensuring his place in the history books.

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