The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons Review
Neil Simpson
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Posted 11.02.2012
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Indeed there is no shying away from the parallels in this exhibition with so much modern entertainment. Celebrity worship is another human constant; and with celebrity, as any Hugh Grant or Steve Coogan knows, comes sex, obsession and the baying British press.
