Carrying All Before Her: Celebrity Pregnancy And The London Stage, 1689-1800

Uses the reproductive histories of six celebrity women to demonstrate that pregnancy affected celebrity identity, impacted audience reception of performance, changed company repertory and altered company hierarchy, influenced the development of new plays, and had economic consequences for both women and the companies for which they worked.

• | By (Author): Chelsea Phillips
• | Publisher: Associated University Presses
• | Publication Date: Jan 14, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 276 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1644532484
• | ISBN-13: 9781644532485