Queen Raina

A one-woman play written and performed by Rosi Ruseva, directed by Boyko Iliev, at the "Tears and Laughter" Theatre. It marks the 170th anniversary of the birth of Rayna Popgeorgieva — known as "the Bulgarian princess of the April Uprising," famous for her embroidered banner reading "Freedom or Death" and for founding Bulgaria's first Motherhood House — and the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising of 1876.