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The Victorian era is the era of the reign of Queen Victoria. During this period of time, theatre flourished. According to Allardyce Nicoll, author of History of Late Nineteenth Century Drama, during this time theatres became very popular with masses. [1] Theatrical atmosphere was not particularly restricted to certain classes of the society.
Welsh poet and author of one dramatic entertainment Philips, Katherine: 1631–1664: poet; author of two plays (one unfinished) Pilkington, Laetitia: 1709–1750: Anglo-Irish poet; one play produced Pinchard, Elizabeth (née Sibthorpe) 1791–1820 : novelist; wrote dramatic dialogues for young readers Piozzi, Hester Thrale: 1741–1821
It is a subcategry of People of the Victorian era, and should only contain women active in Britain or in the British Empire. Only women who were notable during the Victorian era should be placed here: women who were born during the Victoria era, but active later, such as in the Edwardian era, should not be placed here.
This category contains female writers active in the United Kingdom and the British Empire during the Victorian era (the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901). This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Victorian writers .
The iconic wide-brimmed women's hats of the later Victorian era also followed the trend towards ostentatious display. Hats began the Victorian era as simple bonnets. By the 1880s, milliners were tested by the competition among women to top their outfits with the most creative (and extravagant) hats, designed with expensive materials such as ...
Gaiety girls were polite, well-behaved young women. They became a popular attraction and a symbol of ideal womanhood. Edwardes arranged with Romano's Restaurant, on the Strand, for his girls to dine there at half-price. It was good exposure for the girls and made Romano's the centre of London's night-life. [5]
A scandalous success at its premiere, Strauss's "decadent" opera set to Oscar Wilde's play is still immensely popular with today's audiences. [159] 1906 Maskarade (Nielsen). Nielsen's high-spirited comedy looks back to the world of The Marriage of Figaro and has become a classic in the composer's native Denmark. [160]
The word means "disguised" in French. Depending on sources, the term may be given as travesty, [1] [2] travesti, [3] [4] or en travesti.The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English explains the origin of the latter term as "pseudo-French", [5] although French sources from the mid-19th century have used the term, e.g. Bibliothèque musicale du Théâtre de l'opéra (1876), La ...