Women as part of the theatre audience in 19th century Romania

Social change in the nineteenth century resulted in a significant transformation of women’s status in the Romanian Principalities. Influenced by the Western civilization, women’s interest progressed from the private and domestic field to the social life. Their social status evolved at the same time with the society itself and their playing a more active role in society caused a major change in the mentality of the nineteenth century. The Romanian women of the élite were more educated and began to get involved in the social life and to have an impact on it. The Romanian theatre of the nineteenth century is a place where women are present both in the audience and as actresses.

The attached full text is a publisher version of an paper published as: Mitea, Ioana (2013) Women as part of the theatre audience in 19th century Romania. In: Gender Studies in the Age of Globalization, Bucharest, June 2-3, 2011, Mihaila, Ramona, Oktapoda, Efstratia and Honicker, Nancy, eds. Addleton Academic Publishers, pp 247–252. ISBN 978-1-935494-27-0.
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