Carrying all before her: celebrity pregnancy and the london stage, 1689-1800
Auteur :
Phillips, Chelsea
Éditeur :
University of Delaware Press
ISBN :
9781644532485
Date de publication :
14 janv. 2022
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
426 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Uses the reproductive histories of six celebrity women to demonstrate that pregnancy affected celebrity identity, impacted audience reception of performance, changed company repertory and altered company hierarchy, influenced the development of new plays, and had economic consequences for both women and the companies for which they worked.