Carrying All before Her : Celebrity Pregnancy and the London Stage, 1689-1800 /

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The rise of celebrity stage actresses in the long eighteenth century created a class of women who worked in the public sphere while facing considerable scrutiny about their offstage lives. Such powerful celebrity women used the cultural and affective significance of their reproductive bodies to leve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phillips, Chelsea (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Theater and society.
Theater.
Pregnant women in the theater.
Manners and customs.
Actresses.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Theâtre et societe > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Actrices > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Theâtre > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Theater and society > England > London > History > 18th century.
Actresses > England > London > History > 18th century.
Theater > England > London > History > 18th century.
Pregnant women in the theater > England > History > 18th century.
England > London.
England.
Londres (Angleterre) > Moeurs et coutumes > 18e siecle.
London (England) > Social life and customs > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Inheriting greatness : Susanna Mountfort Verbruggen and Anna Oldfield
  • 2. Pregnant sensibility : Susannah Cibber and George Anne Bellamy
  • 3. Conceiving genius : Sarah Siddons
  • 4. Prolific muse : Dorothy Jordan
  • Conclusion : celebrity pregnancy, then and now.

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