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Author_Janice Norwood
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gender
history
nineteenth century
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theatre
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Product details
- ISBN 9781526133328
- Weight: 517g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 07 May 2020
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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, economic and social circumstances and how the women were themselves agents of change. Their histories reveal dynamic patterns of activity within the theatrical industry and expose its relationship to wider Victorian culture. With an innovative organisation mimicking the stages of an actress’s life and career, the volume draws on new archival research and plentiful illustrations to examine the challenges and opportunities facing the women as they toured both within the UK and further afield in North America and Australasia. It will appeal to students and researchers in theatre and performance history, Victorian studies, gender studies and transatlantic studies.
Janice Norwood is Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Hertfordshire
