April De Angelis's 1993 play is a delightful if sketchy account of Restoration female actors Creatives " or creatures? In the 1660s, women " having been banned from working as actors in previously more puritanical decades " finally arrived on the stage in London theatres. Although they were sometimes scorned as "playhouse creatures", often condemned as monsters and whores, they were also seen as demi-goddesses, capa…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:06PM on March 27, 2025