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The First English Actresses: Women and Drama 1660-1700 by Elizabeth Howe

The First English Actresses: Women and Drama 1660-1700

Elizabeth Howe

244 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction biography challenging informative slow-paced
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Before the Restoration of Charles II there were no professional actresses on the English stage, and female roles had almost always been played by men. This book describes how and why women were permitted to act on the public stage after 1660, and ...

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