| The heroine of Martinu's Mirandolina seduces a self-confessed misogynist, only to reconfirm his prejudices when she dumps him for a bit of rough. |
| Massenet's strong yet impulsively teenager-ish heroine seems to have lit a fire under her, because here she is at her best. |
| A silk screen impression of a heroine from yesteryear sitting in a languid pose declaring her self-awareness is juxtaposed with the modern. |
| Unhappy at work and in love, our heroine has been the worst imaginable advertisement for women's independence. |
| Unlike the usual heroine, she has been given enough scope to perform and she acquits herself well. |
| Farnol's usual spunky heroine is on the run from the rakehell and drunkard Lord Barrasdale, who would marry her by force to claim her lands. |
