When Romeo Was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and Her Circle of Female Spectators by Lisa Merrill

When Romeo Was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and Her Circle of Female Spectators

Lisa Merrill

344 pages first pub 1999 (view editions)

nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
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At the height of her career, actress Charlotte Cushman (1816-76) was one of the most famous women in the English-speaking world. Cushman challenged Victorian notions of gender in her stage portrayals of male characters and of strong, androgynous f...

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