Early Modern Women Investors in The Fortune Theatre

 

They weren't yet permitted on the stage, but Early Modern women played a vital role in rebuilding the 17th-century Fortune Theatre. Exciting research from Lucy Munro and Clare McManus! h/t our friend A. J. Hartley

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/dec/11/revealed-how-women-bankrolled-rival-to-17th-century-globe-theatre