TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nussbaum,Felicity
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Rival queens: actresses, performance, and the eighteenth-century British theater 
AV  - PN2582.W65 N87 2010eb
U1  - 792.02/8082094109033 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Women in the theater
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Theater and society
KW  - Actresses
KW  - Biography
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-363) and index; Introduction: at stage's edge -- The economics of celebrity -- Real, beautiful women: rival queens -- Actresses' memoirs: exceptional virtue -- Actresses and patrons: the theatrical contract -- The actress and performative property: Catherine Clive -- The actress, travesty, and nation: Margaret Woffington -- The actress and material femininity: Frances Abington -- Epilogue: contracted virtue; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10642216
ER  -