She was buried in Westminster Abbey.I do not pretend, in giving you the history of this Royal Slave, to entertain my reader with adventures of a feigned hero, whose life and fortunes fancy may manage at the poets pleasure nor in relating the truth, design to adorn it with any accidents but such as arrived in earnest to him: and it shall come simply into the world, recommended by its own proper merits and natural intrigues there being enough of reality to support it, and to render it diverting, without the addition of invention. Towards the end of her life, Behn wrote prose until her death in 1689. However, she continued to write, and her play, ‘The Rover’, became a favourite in Charles II’s court.
Despite an initially successful run of plays, including ‘The Forc’d Marriage’, ‘The Amorous Prince’, and ‘The Dutch Lover’, critics panned her outings, on account they had discovered they had been written by a woman. What we do know is that a quick stay in jail prompted Behn to begin writing as a means of financing herself. However, very little is known about the UK’s first professional female author, possibly as the result of Aphra erasing her history to work in the field of espionage. While she is best known for her work as a poet, author, and playwright, she also worked as a spy for the court of King Charles II and spent some time in a debtor’s prison. Aphra Behn (1640 – 1689) lived many lives in one lifetime.
A poignant tale, ´Oroonoko´ was first staged in the UK by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and featured Jo Martin, of TV’s ‘Doctor Who.’ ´Oroonoko´ is a riveting read that swayed many of Behn’s critics toward abolitionism. There, with his beloved Imoinda also enslaved, he must use every ounce of his reasoning and nobility to persuade his captors to free him. ‘Oronooko’ tells the story of a fictional African prince, who is duped into slavery and sent to Surinam, a British colony in South America.
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