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Florence Farr
1860–1917
A magnetic figure of the London stage, she moved easily between theater, music, feminism, and mysticism. Her life touched some of the most lively artistic circles of the late Victorian era, from W. B. Yeats to George Bernard Shaw.
3 Audiobooks
Modern Woman: Her Intentions
by Florence Farr
The beloved of Hathor, and The shrine of the Golden Hawk
by Florence Farr, Olivia Shakespear
The Dancing Faun
by Florence Farr
About the author
Born in Kent in 1860, Florence Farr became a well-known actress, composer, and director in London's West End. She helped bring modern drama to English audiences and became especially associated with the circle around W. B. Yeats and other writers and artists of the period.
Her interests reached far beyond the stage. She wrote fiction and journalism, supported women's rights, and became a leading member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a famous occult society of the 1890s. That unusual mix of theatrical talent, literary ambition, and spiritual curiosity has made her a fascinating figure in cultural history.
Later in life she worked as a teacher in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, where she spent her final years. She died in 1917, but her reputation has endured as that of a gifted performer and an original mind who stood at the crossroads of art, ideas, and experiment.