was not interested in modesty or in timidity, and during her career
tackled several genres with equal ease -- a feat certainly not matched by many male authors of the period.
"She was a mere harlot who danced through uncleanness and dared [the male dramatists] to
follow." -- John Doran (19th-century theatre historian)
The "Punk and Poetesse," as she was soon dubbed ("punk" meaning "prostitute"), was the single most prolif
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