‘Before she ends up in a brothel’: Public Femininity and the First Actresses in England and the Low Countries
This essay explores the first appearance of actresses on the public stage in England and the Dutch Republic. It considers the cultural climate, the theaters, and the plays selected for these early performances, particularly from the perspective of public femininity. In both countries antitheatrical...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Journals
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Early Modern Low Countries |
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| Online Access: | https://emlc-journal.org/article/view/7132 |