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During the Georgian period there was a remarkable proliferation of seductive visual imagery and written accounts of female performers. Focusing on the close relationship between the dramatic and visual arts at this time, this book explores popular ideas of the actress as coquette, 'whore', celebrity, muse, and creative agent.

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      Publisher: Yale University Press
      Publication Date: 18/10/2007
      ISBN13: 9780300135442, 978-0300135442
      ISBN10: 0300135440
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      Theatre studies Gender studies: women and girls

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      Book Synopsis
      During the Georgian period there was a remarkable proliferation of seductive visual imagery and written accounts of female performers. Focusing on the close relationship between the dramatic and visual arts at this time, this book explores popular ideas of the actress as coquette, 'whore', celebrity, muse, and creative agent.

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