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Actresses of the Restoration Period - Mrs Elizabeth Barry and Mrs Anne Bracegirdle (Hardcover)
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Actresses of the Restoration Period - Mrs Elizabeth Barry and Mrs Anne Bracegirdle (Hardcover)
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The Restoration represents an exhilarating period of English
history. With Charles II, the Merry Monarch' restored to the
throne, the country saw artistic and literary talent flourish.
Charles was an enthusiastic patron of the theatre and helped
breathe new life into British drama, reopening the playhouses after
the grey years of closure under Puritanical rule. One of the most
significant innovations in Restoration theatre was the introduction
of actresses on the English stage. This exciting new history is
dedicated to the life and times of two of the Restoration's most
celebrated actresses: Mrs Elizabeth Barry and Mrs Anne Bracegirdle.
It details their family roots, the beginnings and progression of
their London stage careers, their retirement from the limelight,
and their eventual demise. Their lives and work are set against the
lively and often dangerous atmosphere that epitomised
seventeenth-century London and its theatres, and the places where
Mrs Barry and Mrs Bracegirdle lived and worked alongside their
fellow players, dramatists and others of their times. There are
references to the actresses' admirers and lovers within and without
the world of theatre. Along with more favourable critical
appraisals, there are explicit and derogatory lines, satirically
written, regarding their supposed reputations. This insightful
biography places Elizabeth and Anne back in the limelight, and
includes transcriptions taken from contemporary works, letters,
poems and wills, all adding depth and colour to this fascinating
subject.
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