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Eliza Winstanley, Colonial Stage Star and Our First Female Richard III
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'In December 1882, Eliza O’Flaherty died of “diabetes and exhaustion” at her lodgings in Sydney. Aged 64, Eliza lived in a brick cottage behind a dyeworks, where she had been employed as manager for two years. Her demise might seem unremarkable: a widowed, childless woman of the 19th century who had been worn out by work. But O'Flaherty was actually Eliza Winstanley, the first woman to play Richard III in an Australian theatre, and an early star of the colonial stage.' (Introduction)
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- Shifting Scenes in Theatrical Life 1859 single work autobiography
- Twenty Straws 1864 single work novel
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