Ellen Terry (1847-1928) rose to fame as an actress in the 19th
century, when her stage partnership with Henry Irving at London??'s
Lyceum Theatre drew capacity crowds. She was notorious for flaunting the
moral code of her day, marrying three times - first, at 17, to the
painter G F Watts (who sent her back to her parents after a few months
with a sum of ??300 a year ???so long as she shall lead a chaste
life???) - and then living with her lover, Edward Godwin by whom she had
two illegitimate children. A perfectionist on stage, she was cruelly
forced to continue to act beyond a point she found appropriate in order
to earn enough money to support her children: ???Look at me, 61 and
still doing one-night stands???, she said to a friend. As her sight and
memory worsened, and her partnership with Irving ended, her acting
career closed. She reinvented herself as a lecturer, touring Britain and
America speaking on Shakespeare??'s heroines.
ISBN: 9781904950141
ISBN-10: 1904950140
Audience: General
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 256
Published: 30th June 2006
Publisher: Haus Publishing Limited
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 14.5 x 2.3
Weight (kg): 0.67
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