The Rise of the English Actress

by Sandra Richards

An account of the English actress's view of her own rise up to social and professional prominence from 1600 to the present. Examining the actress's experience as distinct from the actor's, this book charts the actresses influence on each age's views of women's nature and their role in society as recorded by contemporaries and in her own writings. Foremost actresses of each period are given in-depth treatment and there is a collection of interviews by today's leading London actresses with this book's themes in mind.

305 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1993