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Getting into the Act: Women Playwrights in London, 1776-1829 (Gender in Performance)
Getting into the Act Women Playwrights in London 17761829 - Gender in Performance Author:Ellen Donkin A refreshing and vigorous account of seven female playwrights who, against all odds, enjoyed professional sucess in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Getting into the Act is a vigorous and refreshing account of seven female playwrights who, against all odds, enjoyed professional success in the late eighteenth century. Ellen Donk... more »in relates fascinating, disturbing tales about the male theatre managers to whom they were indebted, and the trials and prejudices they endured, ranging from accusations of plagiarism to sexual harassment.« less