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 | | Actresses on the Victorian Stage: Feminine Performance and the Galatea Myth (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture) by Gail Marshall ISBN-10: 9780521620161 ISBN-10: 0-521-62016-3 ISBN-13: 9780521620161 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-62016-1 Hardcover 1998-05-28 Cambridge University Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Gail Marshall looks at actresses on the English stage of the later nineteenth century, and argues that much of their work was determined by the popularity at the time of images of Classical sculpture. They were often encouraged to look as much as possible like statues, and thus to appear to their audiences as sexually desirable objects rather than creative artists. The book draws for its evidence on theatrical fictions, visual representations, and popular culture's assimilation of the sculptural image, as well as on theatrical productions. | ||
Book Description Gail Marshall looks at actresses on the English stage of the later nineteenth century, and argues that much of their work is determined by the popularity at the time of images of Classical sculpture. They were often encouraged to look as much as possible as statues, and thus to appear to their audiences as sexually desirable objects rather than creative artists. The book draws for its evidence on theatrical fictions, visual representations, and popular culture's assimilation of the sculptural image, as well as theatrical productions. | ||