Tag: The Sorcerer

• Bother the Men! The Grave of Mrs Howard Paul

  

  A prestigious memorial eroded by time betrays the memory of an iconic Victorian woman. Her fine contralto voice was often used to excellent effect in imitating male tenors of the day and she was a master of comedy performance. But Mrs Howard Paul followed the pattern of women adopting their husbands name professionally. Four years…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  March 3, 2022

  Biography, History, People, Women

  19th century, Actor, Brompton Cemetery, Cemetery, history, International Women's Day, IWD, London, Public History, The Sorcerer, Theatre, victorian, Woman, Women's history, Women's history Month