The life of actress Charlotte Charke transports us through the splendors and scandals of eighteenth-century London and its wicked theatrical worldHer father; Colley Cibber; was one of the eighteenth centurys great actor/playwrights-the toast of the British aristocracy; a favorite of the king. When his high-spirited; often rebellious daughter; Charlotte; revealed a fondness for things theatrical; it was thought that the young actress would follow in his footsteps at the legendary Drury Lane; creating a brilliant career on the London stage. But this was not to be. And it was not that Charlotte lacked talent-she was gifted; particularly at comedy. Troublesome; however; was her habit of dressing in mens clothes-a preference first revealed onstage but adopted elsewhere after her disastrous marriage to an actor; who became the last man she ever loved. Kathryn Shevelow; an expert on the sophisticated world of eighteenth-century London (the setting for classics such as Tom Jones and Moll Flanders); re-creates Charlottes downfall from the heights of Londons theatrical world to its lascivious lows (the domain of fire-eaters; puppeteers; wastrels; gender-bending cross-dressers; wenches; and scandalous sorts of every variety) and her comeback as the author of one of the first autobiographies ever written by a woman. Beyond the appealingly unorthodox Charlotte; Shevelow masterfully recalls for us a historical era of extraordinary stylishness; artifice; character; interest; and intrigue.
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