Actor Harriet Fisher on The First Actresses by Laura Barnett

The women actors of the 17th century may not have been respectable " but at least they had steady jobsWalking around this very interesting exhibition, I found myself thinking a lot about respectability. It features a series of portraits of the women who were among the first to be allowed to act on stage during the 17th and 18th centuries. Acting wasn't considered respectable then " a duke's daughter, say, wouldn't be…

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