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Can I read Women and Victorian Theatre on EtoBox?
Women and Victorian Theatre by Kerry Powell is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Women and Victorian Theatre about?
Victorian women were exhilarated by the authoritative voice and the professional opportunity the theater offered them. In this book Kerry Powell chronicles the development of women's participation in the theater as playwrights, actresses and managers and explores the making of the Victorian actress, gender discourse and playwriting of the period, and the contributions these made to developments in the following century.
Who reads Women and Victorian Theatre?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kerry Powell
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511000942
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Performing Arts
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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