Onward Victoria
Its subject is Victoria Woodhull, the 19th-century woman who with her sister were the first women to operate a brokerage firm, at which they became millionaires; and started a newspaper. Woodhull was a proponent for free love and activist for equality of the sexes. Its cast of characters includes Cornelius Vanderbilt, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, restaurateur Charlie Delmonico, and Henry Ward Beecher, with whom Woodhull is linked in a fictional romance that leads to the minister being tried for alienation of affections.
productions
1980 Broadway | Martin Beck Theatre
The Team
Music by Michael Gibson
Lyrics by Charlotte Anker, Irene Rosenberg
Written by Charlotte Anker, Irene Rosenberg
Directed by Julianne Boyd
Starring Jill Eikenberry, Beth Austin
Acclaim
1981 Drama Desk Award
Nominated: Outstanding Costume Design (Theoni V. Aldredge)