Mary Anning’s love of discovery may have led to the heart of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. There are romantic, comic and heart-breaking consequences when lightning strikes a circle of midlife friends. True Nature is an amusing and beautiful interweaving of sciences with social class, paralleling the lives of two women, a dedicated contemporary academic and her hero, the extraordinary but silenced palaeontologist, Mary Anning.
Montreal award-winning playwright, Colleen Curran effortlessly entertains while unfolding the worlds of two women from different centuries whose friendships and loves are similarly unearthed from one seaside’s fossilized past.
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
In this clip, the author talks about her historical novel based on the life of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot:
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
In this clip, the author talks about her historical novel based on the life of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot:
This video, introduced by Tracy Chevalier, shows the work of current Fossil Hunter, Paddy Howe in Lyme Regis (6:30)
Learn about the Landslips and Landscape of Lyme Regis (which is responsible for the abundance of dinosaur findings in this area) at this site and watch the short video below to witness a landslip:
This short video (2:21) is not narrated, but it shows the types of fossils commonly found in Lyme Regis
This article from Scientific American provides excellent background information about Mary Anning
