In this essay collection, established experts and new researchers, reassess the performances and cultural significance of Ellen Terry, her daughter Edith Craig (1869–1947) and her son Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), as well as Bram Stoker, Lewis Carroll and some less familiar figures.

Brevveksling mellem den engelske skuespillerinde Ellen Terry (1847-1928) og forfatteren George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

One of the greatest literary biographers turns his keen observation and humane insight on an ensemble cast, a remarkable dynasty that presided over the golden age of theater: Ellen Terry, George Bernard Shaw, and Henry Irving.

Nina Auerbach brilliantly reveals the Ellen Terry whose roles, on stage and off, embodied everything that a rapidly changing world exhorted women to be.

A lavishly illustrated biography about Victorian actress - no competing title