Hannah Robinson, The Celebrated Beauty of Her Day

The beautiful, strong-willed Hannah Robinson defies her power-ful father Rowland and marries the man she loves. The action takes places on a plantation in colonial Rhode Island in the mid 1700s. This play is based on historical records and the legends that have sprung up over the centuries after Hannah died her early, tragic death. Her gravestone off Boston Neck Road and Hannah Robinson’s Rock off Tower Hill Road in southern Rhode Island commemorate the lasting power of her story