A Spectacle of Suffering: Clara Morris on the American Stage

by Barbara Wallace Grossman

Once called America's greatest actress, renowned for the passion and power of her performances, Clara Morris (1847-1925) has been largely forgotten. A Spectacle of Suffering: Clara Morris on the American Stage is the first full-length study of the actress's importance as a feminist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Detailing her daunting health problems and the changing tastes in entertainment that led to her retirement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809328828
• ISBN13: 9780809328826
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"