"Leaving Cremona" - shortlisted for the Analogio Prize for Playwriting!

I’m thrilled that my one-act play, “Leaving Cremona,” is among the plays being produced this week at the Analogio International Festival 2022 in Athen, Greece! It’s included in a spectacular lineup of plays addressing the theme of Crossing Borders.

Text: Judy Meiksin

Translation: Smaro Kotsia

Direction: Konstantina Nikolaidou

Performers: Nikos Vatikiotis, Philippa Koutoupa

How to locate words that were used when writing a period piece

I accidentally discovered that Google charts the popularity of terms by year!

For example, in Google, type: Sweat define

You’ll see this:

My period piece takes place in the 1850s. The word “sweat” was not commonly used. So I look at the synonyms listed in that google search:

I try “perspire”:

Much better!

I feel like I found a gold mine! Well, a “word mine!”