Somewhere in Time presents
The History Lesson
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The History Lesson is set in 1860 at a slave cabin on the Sweet Magnolia plantation in Richmond, Virginia.
Kidnapped into slavery, Frank Turner, Esq., breaks the law by teaching Hattie Rose to read while resisting the growing attraction he feels for her. As he prepares to administer the tests, danger of discovery lurks in suspected and unsuspected places. His lovely pupil is attracted to him as well. She has hopes and dreams that only an escape from slavery can provide. Hattie Rose fears that if she fails, she will lose favor with her esteemed teacher and none of her dreams will come true.
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- St. George’s Episcopal Church
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St. George’s Episcopal Church
905 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg, VA
Playwright
Malanna Henderson is a Detroit native, novelist, playwright, songwriter, singer and Zumba enthusiast. She won two first-place awards in one-act playwriting festivals for the drama A Question of Color and comedy, The Eclipse, sponsored by the Tulsa Library and Fredericksburg’s Stage Door Productions, respectively. Between 2018-2020, Malanna wrote and produced a combination of nine plays for Black History and Women’s History Months that were presented at four downtown churches in Fredericksburg. She earned a Liberal Arts degree from the University of Detroit, and later an MFA from the City University of New York. She won first place for her short story This Just In in the 2022 Golden Nib Contest for the Riverside Writers Club, in the fiction category. She holds the office of Vice President of the Riverside Writers Club and occasionally writes articles for local newspapers and magazines. Malanna performed in several plays in community theaters in New York and Fredericksburg. She lives in Spotsylvania with her husband.