Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-191) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; THE SOCIOECONOMIC ORGANIZATION OF THE THEATRE; Family dynasties, recruitment, and career opportunities for women; The Profession's divisions of labour; Wages; SEX, GENDER, AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY; The Female Surplus Question and the sex ratio; The female life; Professional welfare; THE SOCIAL DYNAMIC AND 'RESPECTABILITY'; Actresses' defiance of socioeconomic prescriptions; Actresses and prostitutes; Sexual harassment; The quintessential sexual terror; ACTRESSES AND THE MISE EN SCNE.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Using historical evidence and personal accounts, Davis examines the reality of conditions for òrdinary' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns, and the reasons why acting continued as a popular though insecure profession.
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Title
Actresses as working women.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Actresses-- Great Britain.
Theater and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Women in the theater-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Actrices-- Grande-Bretagne.
Femmes au théâtre-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
Théâtre et société-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
Actresses.
Actrices-- Grande-Bretagne.
Femmes-- Au théâtre.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
Schauspielerin
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
Theater and society.
Théâtre-- Aspect social-- Grande-Bretagne-- 19e siècle.