Hester Prynne, the protagonist of the novel The Scarlet Letter
According to popular tradition, the gravestone of Elizabeth Pain in Boston's King's Chapel Burying Ground was the inspiration for Hester Prynne's grave.
In 1896 she created the role of Hester Prynne in the fully staged premiere of Walter Damrosch's opera The Scarlet Letter in Boston.
Private Lives (1983) as Amanda Prynne and, in other shows, as Sybil Chase
Next Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter” is represented by Hester Prynne and the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale.