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
Subjects: Potter, Cora Urquhart, -- 1857-1936; Women authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Women authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Actors -- United States -- Biography; Socialites -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "This critical biography explores the life of the famed actress from abandonment of her position as a New York society belle to her career. Of particular note is the manner in which Potter's defiance of convention both mirrored and propelled the changes transforming theatre and society. In advancing the New Woman, both on and off stage"--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.