Sarah Siddons Discworld This is not a success

This is not a success story but one of transition and ultimate fall

'Probably the most influential piece of non-fictional writing by a woman in this century' Hermione Lee

but this bomb has also shattered the lives of those around me

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Sarah Siddons Discworld This is not a successSarah Siddons grew up as a member of a family troupe of travelling actors, always poor and often hungry, resorting to foraging for turnips to eat. But before she was 30 she had become a superstar, her fees greater than any actor male or female had previously achieved. Her rise was not easy. Her London debut, aged just 20, was a disaster and could have condemned her to poverty and anonymity. But the young actress already a mother of two rebuilt her