Emily's Theatre Company - Is That Unusual?

She was a fairly canny business person as well, then. Is that fair? Yes, absolutely. She also later became the manager of her own theatre troop. Was that faily unusual at the time for a woman to lead a theatrical troop? No, i mean, it's unusual for a women to own a business in the victorian e,. legally you aren't allowed to er. You couldn't open a bank account, youcouldn't take out aloan an. All those things are really necessary to run a business were closed for women in emily's time. But theatre is one of the few areas where women did become producer, directors and owners and of their own production