Michael du Preez
Auteur de Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time
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- South Africa
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- 2
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- 64
- Popularité
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- 3.9
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Dr James Barry, the male persona of Margaret Anne Bulkley, was a pioneer in many senses, not least that he was actually a she (many people suspected, a few knew the truth, but nobody spoke a word, such was Barry's reputation and professional skill). Barry's original plan was to qualify as a man and then travel to Venezuela with one of 'his' early patrons and practice medicine openly as Margaret Bulkley, but instead James Barry remained, voyaging from Mauritius to Malta, St Helena, Corfu, Crimea and Canada, saving lives (including one the early successful cesarean operations) and generally pissing people off. Barry might have dressed like a man, but he was still a working class Irish woman at heart, headstrong and oustpoken. Every chapter seems to run along the lines of 'New country, higher rank, more responsibility, Barry balls somebody out (even challenging a fellow officer to a duel!), reprimanded, moves on'. A character, definitely, but not a particularly engaging or sympathetic one.
Apparently, a film is going to be made of Barry's story, with Rachel Weisz playing Margaret/James? I would have gone with Tilda Swinton or Anne Marie Duff, but this might be one instance where cherry-picking through a life to fit a film might work better than a full biography.… (plus d'informations)