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BOOKS: Why you couldn't put your daughter on the stage; Spectacular Flirtations by Gill Perry. Yale. pounds 40. Reviewed by RICHARD EDMONDS.(Features)
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The Birmingham Post (England)
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February 16, 2008
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Byline: RICHARD EDMONDS
In Gill Perry's book, with its lavish colour illustrations, you get a vivid picture of the dangers of English 18th century theatre for young actresses seeking to better themselves.
There was Mrs Dorothy Jordan, for example, an accomplished actress who could switch gender easily, moving from blushing heroines to stalwart males.
She became the apple of the Duke of Clarence's eye and yet her beauty and her aristocratic protecto...