Eliza Winstanley, colonial stage star and our first female Richard III
- Written by Jane Woollard, Head of Theatre and Performance, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, University of Tasmania
Eliza Winstanley, Carte de visite, circa 1860. TCS 19, Houghton Library, Harvard University.Houghton Library, Harvard University.In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages.
In December 1882, Eliza O’Flaherty died of “diabetes and exhaustion” at her lodgings in Sydney. Aged 64, Eliza lived in a brick...





