Blair Hoxby

This book explores the tense relationship between opera and tragedy – often described as antithetical forms of theatre – from the 1630s to the 1780s.

To refer to Enlightenment tragedy is to teeter on the brink of paradox. The eighteenth century is famous for its celebration and deployment of ideals

A beautifully written and powerfully moving memoir about acting, fame and disability by a Hollywood actress and spokeswoman