The Reviews Are In!
“Phillips’ book [is] invaluable to those interested in theatre studies, women’s studies, and early celebrity.”
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“a significant intervention to the field…[that] adds nuance to many of the pre-existing assumptions about pregnant women’s experiences in the theatre.”
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—Sara Read, Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 (read more)
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"timely...fascinating"
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"carefully structured, elegantly written, and meticulously researched"
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—Georgina Lock, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research
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"gives us a methodology for reading archival evidence of past celebrity performances alongside the ephemeral performances and archival data of the present."
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"This book makes it clear that how we attend to the body and its needs is not just a matter of individual well-being. It is also integral to the health of the body politic."
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—Kristina Straub, Theatre Survey
Available now from the University of Delaware Press, Rutgers University Press, and wherever books are sold!