Howl, Howl, Howl!
Ruth Bernard Yeazell: Fanny Kemble, 22 May 2008
Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life
by Deirdre David.
Pennsylvania, 347 pp., £26, June 2007,978 0 8122 4023 8 Show More
by Deirdre David.
Pennsylvania, 347 pp., £26, June 2007,
“... audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Dressed in a carefully chosen series of gowns – by Deirdre David’s report, the wardrobe consisted of black or red velvet for the tragedies, white or pastel satin for the comedies, and dark green or blue brocade for the history plays – and with no props other than a large reading desk, some piled-up books ... ”