Anne Oldfield was discovered reading a play aloud in her aunt’s tavern and rose to be the leading comic and tragic actress of the London stage. Robins tells her life among Colley Cibber, Robert Wilks, Congreve, Anne Bracegirdle, Addison, Vanbrugh, Steele and the Kit-Cat Club, through her rivalries, triumphs, love affairs and early death.
A lively portrait of theatre in the age of Queen Anne, with period portraits. Download the free EPUB.