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Actresses on the Victorian Stage: Feminine Performance and the Galatea Myth

Actresses on the Victorian Stage: Feminine Performance and the Galatea Myth

Marshall, Gail

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Cultu, Book 16

British HistoryTheater History

ISBN10: 0521027462
ISBN13: 9780521027465
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Nov 2 2006
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Gail Marshall looks at actresses on the English stage of the later nineteenth century, and argues that much of their work was determined by the popularity at the time of images of Classical sculpture. They were often encouraged to look as much as possible like statues, and thus to appear to their audiences as sexually desirable objects rather than creative artists. The book draws for its evidence on theatrical fictions, visual representations, and popular culture's assimilation of the sculptural image, as well as on theatrical productions.

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