Sara Lampert

'Pet of the Petticoats' extends the reach of Anglo-Atlantic anti-Catholicism to the stage, illustrating the ways its tropes and anxieties moved across genres.

Since the 19th century, men have served as gatekeepers in the entertainment industry, controlling women’s careers.

Edwin Forrest’s 1851 divorce trial.

Over the 1830s, Hamblin transformed the fortunes of the Bowery by featuring melodramas starring young women, but this wasn't without issues.