Actresses as Working Women
Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture| By: | Tracy C. Davis |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415063531 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781134934461 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1991 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for `ordinary' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns and the reasons why acting continued to be such a popular, though insecure, profession. Firmly grounded in Marxist and feminist theory she looks at representations of women on stage, and the meanings associated with and generated by them.