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Writing about an historical figure is easier than a fictional one because the story doesn’t need to be invented, however legend can easily obscure truth. So Northfield playwright Jeanne Beckwith found ...

“The Annie Oakley in ‘Annie, Get Your Gun’ isn’t the historic Annie Oakley, and there’s an old Barbara Stanwyck movie, “Annie Oakley” (1935) which is certainly not Annie Oakley,” explained Beckwith.