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Charlotte: Being a True Account of an Actress's Flamboyant Adventures in Eighteenth-Century London's Wild and Wicked Theatrical World (Reprint Edition) by Kathryn Shevelow Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-312-42576-7 / 0312425767 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42576-0 / 9780312425760 Charlotte Charke's father, Colley Cibber, was one of the eighteenth-century's great actor/playwrights--and it was thought that the comedically gifted young Charlotte would follow in his footsteps at the legendary Drury Lane. However, Charlotte's habit of wearing men's clothes off stage as well as on |