Description
From humble beginnings with the threat of the workhouse looming, Emily Soldene rose to become a star of the London stage and a formidable impresario with her own opera company. The darling of theatreland, she later reinvented herself as a journalist and writer who scandalised the country with her outrageous memoir.
Weaving through the grit and glamour of Victorian music halls and theatres, taking encounters with the Pre-Raphaelites and Charles Dickens in her stride, Emily became the toast of New York and ventured far off the beaten track to tour Australia and New Zealand. Batten paints a vibrant portrait of an almost forgotten star who trod the boards, travelled the globe and tore up the Victorian rule book.Author: Helen Batten
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 03/17/2022
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780749026677
ISBN10: 0749026677
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Biography & Autobiography | Women