Felicity Nussbaum: 1 book
Rival Queens
Actresses, Performance, and the Eighteenth-Century British Theater
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
In eighteenth-century England, actresses were frequently dismissed as mere prostitutes trading on their sexual power rather than their talents. Yet they were, Felicity Nussbaum argues, central to the success of a newly commercial theater. Urban, recently moneyed, and thoroughly engaged with their...
