Actresses on the Victorian Stage: Feminine Performance and the Galatea Myth

by Gail Marshall

Book Overview

Gail Marshall argues that the professional and personal history of the Victorian actress was largely defined by her negotiation with the sculptural metaphor, and that this was authorized and determined by the Ovidian myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. Drawing on evidence of theatrical fictions, visual representations and popular culture's assimilation of the sculptural image, as well as theatrical productions, she examines some of the manifestations of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521027462
• ISBN13: 9780521027465
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"