PhD candidate in English cultural history
Faculty of English, University of Oxford
Research expertise
Eighteenth-century theatrical ephemera; female performances; short afterpiece drama; classical adaptation; the relationship between the theatre and visual culture
Contributions
Objects
Places
Playbills
More than just simple adverts for the theatres, the ‘playbill’ or ‘bill of the play’ had a significant role in sociability throughout the eighteenth century. On the London stage, in provincial theatres, and even in private theatricals, playbills were an established mode of communication between the theatre and their audiences.