Joseph’s children followed behind the new heir presumptive. 23 years later, in 1743, Maria Theresa would be crowned Empress; an event where she was noted by a British diplomat as ‘most attractive’ ...

Angela Morris as “Cydney Hanson” in the The Gift Theatre’s production of “Cygnus.” Credit: Joe Mazza/brave lux From these prompts, she was asked to write as much as she could for the next 48 hours.