It Is Lifes Great Aim. To Find A Way To Be Honest With Oneself, Even As The World Pretends Around You.dashing Soldier Anastasius Linck Has No Intention Of Falling In Love, But A Chance Encounter With The Rebellious Catharina Mlhahn Changes Everything. As They Begin To Forge A Relationship That Breaks Boundaries And Rejects The Rigid Rules Of Their Society, They Find Themselves Confronted By A World Determined To Tear Them Apart.ruby Thomas Epic And Playful Love Story, Inspired By Eighteenth-century Court Records And The Extraordinary Lives Of A Gender-pioneering Couple, Opened At Hampstead Theatre, London, In January 2023.shortlisted For The 52nd George Devine Award.finalist For The 45th Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.