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The First English Actresses
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Author : Elizabeth Howe
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1992-06-04
The First English Actresses written by Elizabeth Howe and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-06-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book describes how and why women were permitted to act on the public stage after 1660 in England.
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Author : Henry Wysham Lanier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1930
The First English Actresses written by Henry Wysham Lanier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930 with Actresses categories.
Rival Queens
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Author : Felicity Nussbaum
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2011-10-11
Rival Queens written by Felicity Nussbaum and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-11 with Drama categories.
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 audiences, celebrated actresses were among the first women to achieve social mobility, cultural authority, and financial independence. In fact, Nussbaum contends, the eighteenth century might well be called the "age of the actress" in the British theater, given women's influence on the dramatic repertory and, through it, on the definition of femininity. Treating individual star actresses who helped spark a cult of celebrity—especially Anne Oldfield, Susannah Cibber, Catherine Clive, Margaret Woffington, Frances Abington, and George Anne Bellamy—Rival Queens reveals the way these women animated issues of national identity, property, patronage, and fashion in the context of their dramatic performances. Actresses intentionally heightened their commercial appeal by catapulting the rivalries among themselves to center stage. They also boldly challenged in importance the actor-managers who have long dominated eighteenth-century theater history and criticism. Felicity Nussbaum combines an emphasis on the actresses themselves with close analysis of their diverse roles in works by major playwrights, including George Farquhar, Nicholas Rowe, Colley Cibber, Arthur Murphy, David Garrick, Isaac Bickerstaff, and Richard Sheridan. Hers is a comprehensive and original argument about the importance of actresses as the first modern subjects, actively shaping their public identities to make themselves into celebrated properties.
The First Actresses
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Author : Gillian Perry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The First Actresses written by Gillian Perry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Actresses categories.
Featuring a range of large-scale, public and more intimate portraits of actresses, The First Actresses provides a vivid spectacle of femininity, fashion and theatricality from Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons. Ranging from oil paint to porcelain, these portraits illustrate the enduring popularity of portraits of women performers. Crucially the book seeks to reassess the traditional association between actress and'prostitute', and the moral ambiguity of women playing male roles. Portraiture became an important vehicle for the expression of concerns about female sexuality, social status, decorum, gender and celebrity. The authors also chart the commercialisation of the spectacle of the actress, as well as the connections between the eighteenth-century 'star system' and modern celebrity culture. Organised thematically, sections include: 'Painting Acresses' Lives', 'Nell Gwyn and Covent Garden Goddesses', 'Divas, Dancing and the Rage for Music: Painting Women in Musical Performance', 'Beauty, Ageing and the Body Politic of the Eighteenth-Century Actress' and 'Star Systems'. Illustrated with remarkable paintings by major artists of the period, a fascinating and lucid text reveals the many ways in which women performers enabled artistic innovation and creativity, provoked intellectual debate and contributed to the popularity and visibility of the theatre. Accompanies an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 20 October 2011 - 8 January 2012
Enter The Actress
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Author : Rosamond Gilder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931
Enter The Actress written by Rosamond Gilder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with Acting categories.
Female Stars Of British Cinema
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Author : Melanie Williams
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-07
Female Stars Of British Cinema written by Melanie Williams and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-07 with Social Science categories.
Although stardom and celebrity have sometimes been seen as antithetical to traditional British notions of restraint and modesty, female stars have nenetheless always been an important attraction for audiences of British cinema, offering specifically British takes on ideas of glamour, acting prowess and femininity. This book will explore in detail the history of British female stardom from the 1940's to the present day through an examination of careers and star personae, from Anna Neagle, who enjoyed record-breaking popularity in the immediate post-war years, to key contemporary figures such as Keira Knightley and Helen Mirren. This is a major new study of stardom in British cinema and the first to focus on female stars.
Rise Of The English Actress
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Author : Sandra Richards
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1993-06-18
Rise Of The English Actress written by Sandra Richards and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-06-18 with Performing Arts categories.
An account of the English actress's view of her own rise up to social and professional prominence from 1600 to the present. Examining the actress's experience as distinct from the actor's, this book charts her influence on each age's views of women's nature and their role in society.
The Cambridge Companion To The Actress
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Author : John Stokes
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-02-01
The Cambridge Companion To The Actress written by John Stokes and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-01 with Drama categories.
This Companion brings together sixteen new essays which examine, from various perspectives, the social and cultural role of the actress throughout history and across continents. Each essay focuses on a particular stage in her development, for example professionalism in the seventeenth century; the emergence of the actress/critic during the Romantic period and, later on, of the actress as best selling autobiographer; the coming of the drama schools which led to today's emphasis on the actress as a highly-trained working woman. Chapters consider the image of the actress as a courtesan, as a 'muse', as a representative of the 'ordinary' housewife, and as a political activist. The collection also contains essays on forms, genres and traditions - on cross dressing, solo performance, racial constraints, and recent Shakespeare - as well as on the actress in early photography and on film. Its unique range will fascinate, surprise and instruct theatre-goers and students alike.
Actresses On The Victorian Stage
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Author : Gail Marshall
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-05-07
Actresses On The Victorian Stage written by Gail Marshall and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-05-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gail Marshall argues that the professional and personal history of the Victorian actress was largely defined by her negotiation with the sculptural metaphor, and that this was authorized and determined by the Ovidian myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. Drawing on evidence of theatrical fictions, visual representations and popular culture's assimilation of the sculptural image, as well as theatrical productions, she examines some of the manifestations of the sculptural metaphor on the legitimate English stage, and its implications for the actress in the later nineteenth century. Within the legitimate theatre, the 'Galatea-aesthetic' positioned actresses as predominantly visual and sexual commodities whose opportunities for interpretative engagement with their plays were minimal. This dominant aesthetic was effectively challenged only at the end of the century, with the advent of the 'New' drama, and the emergence of a body of autobiographical writings by actresses.
The Rise Of The English Actress
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Author : Sandra Richards
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993-01-01
The Rise Of The English Actress written by Sandra Richards and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Actors categories.