Charlotte: Being a True Account of an Actress's Flamboyant Adventures in Eighteenth-Century London's Wild and Wicked Theatrical World
- ISBN-10
- 0312425767
- ISBN-13
- 9780312425760
- Series
- Charlotte
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-02-21
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Kathryn Shevelow
Description
A portrait of Charlotte Clarke traces the life of the controversial eighteenth-century British actress whose comedic talent and identity as the daughter of celebrated actor and playwright Colley Cibber was compromised by her preference for dressing in men's clothing and her suspected homosexuality. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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- 2018-05-28
- 610 pages
- Paperback
- Independently Published
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