Mary Seacole lived a remarkable, barrier-shattering life inherently dramatic enough to be ripe for stage treatment. Born in 1805 Jamaica under British colonial rule, she eventually travelled the ...

Mary Seacole statue: Why Florence Nightingale fans are angry the Crimean War nurse is being commemorated. It should be a symbol of pride in a black British heroine.

A powerful visual leitmotif in “Marys Seacole” is the real Mary’s mother, who rarely leaves the stage or stops walking. She doesn’t say anything, but Karen Kandel makes her an awesome ...

Directed by Leyla Levi DRA ‘23 and originally written by Jackie Sibblies Drury ‘03, the play is i nspired by the real life of Mary Seacole — a Black British-Jamaican nurse who cared for soldiers ...

Kim Bey, front, as Mary Seacole and Tina Fabrique as Duppy Mary, in Mosaic Theater's production of “Marys Seacole,” at Atlas Performing Arts Center through May 29.

You’ve likely heard of Florence Nightingale but perhaps not Mary Seacole, a similarly courageous nurse and humanitarian who was born in 1805 in Jamaica (she was the daughter of a white Scottish ...

Mary Seacole lived more than 150 years ago and had an adventurous life travelling across many lands to run businesses and help people in need. Mary was born in Kingston, Jamaica.

After her husband died, Mary Seacole’s life began to take shape. Seacole honed her nursing skills during Jamaica’s deadly cholera epidemic of 1851, which, at its height, killed 200 people a day.

Live Arts Theater’s 2024/25 Voyages Season continues with the Virginia premiere of “Marys Seacole,” Jackie Sibblies Drury’s time-travelling chronicle inspired by the real-life of Mary Seacole.

Mary Seacole crosses the world from the Caribbean to Panama to the Crimea, hauling a cornucopia of remedies, teas, meats, jellies and pocket-handkerchiefs like a sort of mobile Amazon depot.

A new Royal Mint commemorative coin in honour of Jamaican-British nurse Mary Seacole has been revealed to coincide with the UK’s Black History Month. It is the second coin to feature a named ...

Mary Seacole: (off screen) Oh, Miss Mabel-- Your leg is looking MUCH better. Berby: (whirring) Xavier: But I do see Mary Seacole. Thanks, Berby! Berby: (blar bloop) Yadina: Hello!