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Title Theatre review: The Remarkable Deliverances of Alice Thornton, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet The Scotsman Media type Print Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 20/11/19 Description Alice Thornton was a Yorkshirewoman, born into an eminent northern family, who lived through all the mighty political and religious upheavals of 17th-century England; and she seems to have been quite a character. Born in 1626, she wrote four manuscript books of autobiography, of which Edinburgh University researcher Cordelia Beattie tracked down two missing volumes, one in a private collection, the other in Durham Cathedral Library. Producer/Author Joyce McMillan Persons Cordelia Beattie