Charlotte Charke
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All life's work of transgressing . . . boundaries (compelling though these are) has obscured some of her other qualities as a streetwise, satirical, minority voice.
's works were topical. All except some rather feeble fictions centre on the theatre or on herself; the best-known is her autobiography, 1755. Several of her plays have not survived. Interest in her sexuality and in her - BirthName: Charlotte Cibber
- Self-constructed: Mr Brown
- Married: Charke