Scandalous Women in London: The First Actresses
Since I still had a few vacation days left this year, I decided to hop a plane to London for a few days, to see some friends but also to see 2 exhibits that I didn't want to miss. The first one was the Enchanted Princesses exhibit at Kensington Palace, the 2nd was The First Actresses exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on Charing Cross Road. The National Portrait Gallery is hands down my favorite museum in London, and The First Actresses exhibit didn't disappoint. It was a tad expensive, 11 pounds, and the exhibition wasn't huge, but as a former actress, I found it fascinating to see the portraits of women I had only read about in theatre history. There were many women whose portraits I had never seen before including Moll Davis, the other actress who had the privilege of sharing Charles II's bed for a brief time. From the web-site: The First Actresses presents a vivid spectacle of femininity, fashion and theatricality in seventeenth and eighteent...