Cora Urquhart Potter
Subtitle: the Victorian actress as provocateur
By: Craig Clinton
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786449576
Description: "This critical biography explores the life of the famed Victorian actress who, abandoning her position in New York society, undertook a professional career. In advancing the concept of the New Woman, both on and off stage, she became a lightning rod for criticism within a social milieu and profession fervidly clinging to Victorian ideals."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the Victorian actress as provocateur; title: A keen student of American foibles; title: Jumboizing" the "fair amateur"; title: Rival graces : Mrs. Potter and Mr. Bellew in America; title: Antony and Cleopatra : a perilous public experiment; title: The Antipodes : a large dose of success; title: Thérèse Raquin and Francillon : immoral and filthy plays; title: Charlotte Corday : America has brought forth another great actress; title: A pageant of millinery and a decadent Juliet; title: Miladi in The musketeers : a truly great performance; title: Carnac sahib : a large section of the audience resented the piece; title: The ghetto, Lady Meux and a "mystic farce"; title: Ulysses : a strike for independence; title: Actress/manager at the Savoy; title: Irreverent laughter and a ridiculous perversion of history; title: Restoration of the "independent spirit"; title: Her own original vaudeville offering; title: Fifi Stillman's mother dies at Monte Carlo.