La Belle Assemblée

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Textual Production Hannah Cowley
Men's debating societies were already well established, and four for women opened this year, beginning with La Belle Assemblée on 26 February. They could be seen as competition for the theatres. Cowley's play (not the...

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26 February 1780: La Belle Assemblée, an all-female debating...

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26 February 1780

La Belle Assemblée , an all-female debating club, opened in London, following the rapid growth of male ones.
Andrew, Donna T. “’The Passion for Public Speaking’: Women’s Debating Societies”. Women and History: Voices of Early Modern England, edited by Valerie Frith, Coach House Press, 1995, pp. 165-88.
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Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
50 (1780): 71
Escott, Angela. “The School of Eloquence and ’Roasted Square Caps’: oratory and pedantry as fair theatrical game?”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
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, No. 1, 2001, pp. 59-79.
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