Calamity Jane has seen many incarnations both on stage and screen, and a new revival headed up by Carrie Hope Fletcher is now ...

1863, a convoy in the American West, Martha Jane needs to learn how to take care of horses to drive the family wagon. Except she ends up wearing pants and cutting her hair. The scandal that its ...

In this 2025 version, the controversy is quite literally removed – that is, there are no Native Americans in the narrative at ...

Martha "Calamity Jane" Canary epitomized this tough rebellious character. Hard-drinking, gun-slinging and bragging of her exploits, she often posed as a man to get ahead. Travelling to the West at ...

“You come in handy in a calamity, Jane.” The line is aimed at her character, but it’s equally true of Carrie Hope Fletcher, the principal redeeming feature of this unswervingly faithful adaptation of ...

Nick Smurthwaite takes us through the years and the various leading ladies Martha Jane Canary, to give Calamity Jane her proper name, was a hard-drinking, cross-dressing, sharp-shooting ...

Martha "Calamity Jane" Canary epitomized this tough rebellious character. Hard-drinking, gun-slinging and bragging of her exploits, she often posed as a man to get ahead. Travelling to the West at ...