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050 00 $aPN2582.W65$bN87 2010
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100 1 $aNussbaum, Felicity.
245 10 $aRival queens :$bactresses, performance, and the eighteenth-century British theater /$cFelicity Nussbaum.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$cc2010.
300 $a383 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [339]-363) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: at stage's edge -- The economics of celebrity -- Real, beautiful women: rival queens -- Actresses' memoirs: exceptional virtue -- Actresses and patrons: the theatrical contract -- The actress and performative property: Catherine Clive -- The actress, travesty, and nation: Margaret Woffington -- The actress and material femininity: Frances Abington -- Epilogue: contracted virtue.
650 0 $aWomen in the theater$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aTheater and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aActresses$zGreat Britain$vBiography.