Tis pity she's a whore : first women on London stage /
Women appeared on London's stages for the first time in 1660; before that, female roles were played by boys. When the first woman stepped onto the public stage, she was assumed to be a whore; men had free access to their dressing rooms and at least two, Moll Davis and Nell Gwynn, were mistresse...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2005], c1990
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