Showing 1–20 of 173 records
| Name / Title | Summary | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| On Masks and Masquerades. |
| Masquerade Editorial: OT proscription of men crossdressing, a man in "the habit of a woman ... is the most ordinary disguise of our present … |
| View record for #374 |
| No title. | News that Mad. D'Eon obtained permission to make the journey to England in "man's clothes". | View record for #378 |
| Extract of a Letter from Paris, March 18. | Prince Henry of Prussia visits Chevalier D'Eon | View record for #383 |
| No title. | Mary Piles "committed to Newgate" by magistrate R. Smith for burglary "in man's apparel, which she has worn several years"; steals from Abra… | View record for #387 |
| No title. | Mary Pile "tried in mens clothes, which she constantly wears" for stealing from Abraham Abbott, the individual she shared a bed with at a pu… | View record for #393 |
| Epilogue-Prologue. | Epilogue-Prologue "spoken by Mrs. Wells, in the character of Macheath after the Beggar's Opera" discusses an "age, where sexes meet each oth… | View record for #396 |
| No title. | Report about the servants's reception of "a person dressed in very decent woman's apparel" who "knocked at the door of a gentleman's house i… | View record for #422 |
| No title. | "Though the stage cannot boast a figure of finer symmetry than the Martyr sports, yet her appearance in breeches and in a man's part, must l… | View record for #424 |
| No title. | "The Siddons has determined never again to wear the breeches; a circumstance of great domestic moment." ”The second dress of the Siddons, sa… | View record for #425 |
| Anecdote. | “a certain Lord, who not long since indicted his cook maid at Ryegate assizes, for giving away a piece of beef” beats "a poor woman picking … | View record for #428 |
| No title. | Woman named Davis "genteelly dressed" in "boy's apparel" robbed "Mr. W---" after lying in the same room as him and has been "taken into cust… | View record for #443 |
| Macheath. | "Mrs. Martyr in Macheath.--Mrs. Martyr is a bold woman: not bolder than other ladies on the stage. Mrs. Kennedy, Miss Walpole, Mrs. Cargil,… | View record for #451 |
| No title. | Another paper is correct in its comment on an item from the Universal Register: "the Lord Chamberlain has not a power to prohibit the appear… | View record for #446 |
| No title. | Mrs. Martyr to play Macheath this evening. Various sexual/sexist japes on women in breeches: "Much is expected from Mrs. Martyr in breeches-… | View record for #447 |
| No title. | "Mrs. Jordan is accounted an excellent breeches figure, and has often played Patrick in the Poor Soldier, with infinite success, on the York… | View record for #453 |
| No title. | "Miss Cranfield has been cast for the Colombine of Covent-Garden. In performing the character last night, she appeared as a butcher's boy, w… | View record for #456 |
| No title. | Anecdote from "some years since" about "three high-bred women of fashion" at the Theatre Royal in Dublin who bring a new actress to tears an… | View record for #460 |
| Madame D'Eon | "Madame D'Eon, formerly the Chevalier, has since her arrival in London, been ushered into company by a gentleman" she seconded in a dueled, … | View record for #461 |
| No title. | Mad. D'Eon and Empress of Russia are the same age and "two such heroines have never existed since the days of the Amazons!" | View record for #480 |
| Extract of a Letter from Paris, Nov. 27. | Wife of newly married M.de Puysegur, "unable to bear the shock of separation, disguised herself in the habit of a cabin boy, and flew aboard… | View record for #486 |
