The company behind The Actress has dug into 17th-century archives to bring to life two pioneering women of the stage On 8 December 1660, crowds gathered on Vere Street, off Oxford Street in London, where the King's Company was performing Othello. The night was cold and windy, the sky prepped for a storm. For the first time in the history of professional English theatre, a woman was taking to the stage. "It must have felt extraordinary," says Eve Pearson-Wright, from the husband-and-wife company ...
'It must have felt extraordinary': the play inspired by English theatre's first female actors
The Guardian - 16 Aug 2022 11:43
The company behind The Actress has dug into 17th-century archives to bring to life two pioneering women of the stage On 8 December 1660, crowds gathered on Vere Street, off Oxford Street in London, where the King's Company was performing Othello. The night was cold and windy, the sky prepped for a storm. For the first time in the history of professional English theatre, a woman was taking to the stage. "It must have felt extraordinary," says Eve Pearson-Wright, from the husband-and-wife company ...
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