Victorian touring actresses Crossing boundaries and negotiating the cultural landscape /
Victorian touring actresses brings new attention to women's experience of working in nineteenth-century theatre by focusing on a diverse group of largely forgotten 'mid-tier' performers, rather than the usual celebrity figures. It examines how actresses responded to changing political...
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Manchester [England] :
Manchester University Press,
2020
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE
Women, theatre and performance |
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Table of Contents:
- Debuts and learning the craft
- Establishing a name
- Working life in the UK
- Touring North America
- Long-distance colonial touring
- Management
- Offstage : family and personal life
- Closing scenes : the ageing actress