This work provides an account of seven female playwrights who enjoyed professional success in the late 18th and early 19th century. It discusses the trials and prejudices they endured, ranging from accusations of plagiarism to sexual harassment. Even...
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This work provides an account of seven female playwrights who enjoyed professional success in the late 18th and early 19th century. It discusses the trials and prejudices they endured, ranging from accusations of plagiarism to sexual harassment. Even today, the shadow of oppression has not completely lifted - a female playwright may no longer be a contradiction in terms or an offence to feminine modesty, but she is still battling with a hazardous occupation for a woman GETTING INTO THE ACT Women Playwrights in London 1776-1829 -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Occupational Hazards: Women Playwrights in London, 1660-1800 -- 2 Frances Brooke: The Female Playwright as Critic -- 3 The Paper War of Hannah Cowley and Hannah More -- 4 Sophia Lee: Documenting the Post-Garrick Era -- 5 Advantage, Mrs. Inchbald -- 6 Frances Burney and the Protection Racket -- 7 Joanna Baillie vs.The Termites Bellicosus -- 8 Afterpiece -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
