From hard-drinking to cross-dressing – who was the real Calamity Jane?
From left: Gemma Craven in Calamity Jane at Sadler’s Wells (1996); Jodie Prenger in the Calamity Jane touring production (2014-15) and Carrie Hope Fletcher in the Calamity Jane UK tour (2025). Photos: Tristram Kenton/Manuel Harlan/Oliver Rosser
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