Hidden Identities, Forgotten Histories: Female Provincial Touring Artists in Britain, 1887–1900

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Title Hidden Identities, Forgotten Histories: Female Provincial Touring Artists in Britain, 1887–1900
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Abstract/Description Provincial touring companies of the late Victorian period, comprising mostly unknown actors and actresses, have received minimal scholarly attention until recently. The sheer number of ‘on-the-road’ artists who were employed in such enterprises from the late nineteenth century onwards increased to such an extent that to establish a framework for their individual and collective study presents significant challenges. This article addresses this problem by proposing a method, grounded in genealogy, that records the male and/or female artists of a given touring company over its full term without selective bias in order to establish a cohort of subjects for further examination. It tracks the touring companies of actor-manager Lawrence Daly, an individual unheard of today, between 1887 and 1900, the year of his death.
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Publisher Cambridge University Press, New Theatre Quarterly
Publisher Location London
Volume 38
Issue 2
Page 139-150
Date Issued 20 April 2022
Language English
Citation Bernard Ince, Hidden Identities, Forgotten Histories: Female Provincial Touring Artists in Britain, 1887–1900, Cambridge University Press, New Theatre Quarterly, London, 38, 2, 20 April 2022, 139-150
Resource Identifier 79371
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