ABSTRACT

Ellen Terry's correspondence was both exuberant and extensive. Her remaining letters provide a fascinating insight into the dynamics of the Victorian theatre, and the difficulties of life for a woman maintaining a successful public persona whilst raising two illegitimate children.

chapter 1|24 pages

Return to the Stage (1865–77)

chapter 2|24 pages

‘Our Lady of the Lyceum’ (1878–80)

chapter 3|22 pages

Th e Cup (1881–2)

chapter 5|38 pages

Mortality (1885–6)

chapter 6|32 pages

Hard Lessons (1887)

chapter 7|58 pages

‘A Useful Actress’ (1888)

chapter 8|21 pages

Undated Letters (to 1888)