Bloody Tyrants and Little Pickles: Stage Roles of Anglo-American Girls in the Nineteenth Century

by Marlis Schweitzer

Bloody Tyrants and Little Pickles traces the theatrical repertoire of a small group of white Anglo-American actresses as they reshaped the meanings of girlhood in Britain, North America, and the British West Indies during the first half of the nineteenth century. It is a study of the possibilities and the problems girl performers presented as they adopted the manners and clothing of boys, entered spaces intended for adults, and assumed characters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609387368
• ISBN13: 9781609387365
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"