The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons
Ann Arbor, Mich. The University of Michigan Press, 2011. Hardcover. Red cloth, red & illus. dust jacket, 160 pp., many color illus. VG. Item #136435
ISBN: 9780472118274
Issued in conjunction with a 2011-2012 exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London. "Examines the vibrant relationship between art and theatre in England in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the remarkable visibility of some of tis best-known stars. It consders how actresses such as Nell Gwyn, Kitty Clive, Mary Robinson, Dorothy Jordan, Giovanna Baccelli and Sarah Siddons achieved fame and notoriety, and explores the important role played by painted portraits, mass reproduced prints and graphic satire." (dj).
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