Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Eighteenth Century Drama |
Subtitle of host publication | Censorship, Society and the Stage |
Publisher | Adam Matthew |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Abstract
Demonstrates how early actresses shaped the development of English drama by providing new bodies, new voices, and new verisimilitude to performance. Case studies of Nell Gwyn, Anne Oldfield and Susannah Cibber map onto literary histories of Restoration comedy, comedies of (fine) manners, and she-tragedy.
Keywords
- theatre history
- feminism