They were rarities in Restoration theatre. But, as a new exhibition shows, the Bard's first actresses were brave pioneersGreat Elizabethan and Georgian stage stars, such as Will Kempe, Richard Burbage and David Garrick, may not be household names today, but their reputations live on in the theatre. What, though, of the actresses who appeared in the same companies? Their names, as well as their reputations, have mostl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39PM on April 9, 2016