Bloody Tyrants and Little Pickles by Marlis Schweitzer
Traces the theatrical repertoire of a small group of white Anglo-American actresses as they reshaped the meanings of girlhood in Britain, North America, and the British West Indies during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Marlis Schweitzer brings girl actresses Jean Davenport and Clara Fisher back to vibrant life and reveals how Anglo-American girlhood was performed—on and off the stageDeeply researched and energetically written, this book revises our established conceptions of the nineteenth-century stage." —Sarah E. Chinn, author, Spectacular Men: Race, Gender, and Nation on the Early American Stage
"In this wide-ranging, lively, erudite book, Schweitzer recovers the plastic performances of nineteenth-century white girls. On stages from Britain to North America and beyond, their bodies became sites for cultural experiments in gender, age, and nation. Restoring Anglo-American white girls to their central but overlooked place in theatre history, this book decisively expands understanding of nineteenth-century repertoires." —Robin Bernstein, author, Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights
"In this wide-ranging, lively, erudite book, Schweitzer recovers the plastic performances of nineteenth-century white girls. On stages from Britain to North America and beyond, their bodies became sites for cultural experiments in gender, age, and nation. Restoring Anglo-American white girls to their central but overlooked place in theatre history, this book decisively expands understanding of nineteenth-century repertoires." —Robin Bernstein, author, Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights
Marlis Schweitzer teaches in the Department of Theatre at York University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781609387365 |
| ISBN 10 | 1609387368 |
| Title | Bloody Tyrants and Little Pickles |
| Author | Marlis Schweitzer |
| Series | Studies Theatre Hist And Culture Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Iowa Press |
| Year published | 2020-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 268 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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