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TWO-ACT PLAY GIVES AUDIENCE A GLIMPSE OF EMILY DICKINSON.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)

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From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 19980208
Author:O'Keeffe, Carole

Byline: CAROLE O'KEEFFE, CORRESPONDENT

High school senior Mary Fraser Wunnenberg doesn't really have much in common with 19th century poet Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, but when the teen completes her one-woman, two-act play portraying Dickinson, audiences feel as though they've spent some time with the 19th century poet.

Wunnenberg's show, ``The Belle of Amherst,'' came as a result of a fluke. She has been studying theater with her drama teacher, James C. Kerbin, at Cape Henry Collegiate School since eighth grade. As a senior, she was unable to make room in her schedule for ...

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