Craig Clinton

Cora Urquhart Potter

The Victorian Actress as Provocateur

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Produktbeschreibung

On the occasion of her death in 1936, a New York newspaper wrote that actress Cora Urquhart Potter "probably accomplished more for the cause of feminism than the efforts of all the equal rights organizations of her day." This critical biography explores the life of the famed Victorian stage star who, abandoning her position in New York society, undertook a professional career spanning more than two decades. Potter's defiance of convention both mirrored and propelled the changes transforming fin de siecle theatre and society. In advancing the concept of the New Woman, both on and off stage, she became a lightning rod for criticism within a social milieu and a profession still fervidly clinging to Victorian ideals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780786449576
• ISBN-10: 0786449578
• Artikelnr.: 29369349

Autorenporträt

Craig Clinton is the Director of Theatre at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Introduction: The Victorian Actress as Provocateur     
1. "A Keen Student of American Foibles"     
2. "Jumboizing" the "Fair Amateur"     
3. "Rival Graces": Mrs. Potter and Mr. Bellew in America     
4. Antony and Cleopatra: "A Perilous Public Experiment"     
5. The Antipodes: "A Large Dose of Success"     
6. Thérèse Raquin and Francillon: "Immoral and Filthy Plays"     
7. Charlotte Corday: "America Has Brought Forth Another Great Actress"     
8. "A Pageant of Millinery" and "A Decadent Juliet"     
9. Miladi in The Musketeers: "A Truly Great Performance"     
10. Carnac Sahib: "A Large Section of the Audience Resented the Piece"     
11. The Ghetto, Lady Meux and a "Mystic Farce"     
12. Ulysses: "A Strike For Independence"     
13. Actress/Manager at the Savoy     
14. "Irreverent Laughter" and "A Ridiculous Perversion of History"     
15. Restoration of the "Independent Spirit"     
16. "Her Own Original" Vaudeville Offering     
17. "Fifi Stillman's Mother Dies at Monte Carlo"     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index