Women on stage in Stuart drama
Sophie Tomlinson examines the emergence of the actress and her professional acceptance through an analysis of the play texts, masques, and private productions of early modern England. More than half a century before the true actress appeared on stage, playwrights explored the issue of femininity and its portrayal on stage.
Print Book, English, 2009
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009
History
xiv, 294 Seiten.
9780521122757, 9780521811118, 0521122759, 0521811112
1021353732
Introduction: shifting sisters; 1. 'Magic in majesty': the poetics of female performance in the Jacobean masque; 2. 'Naked hearts': feminising the Stuart pastoral stage; 3. 'Significant liberty': the actress in Caroline comedy; 4. Sirens of doom and defiance in Caroline tragedy; Interchapter: 'Enter Ianthe, Veiled'; 5. The fancy-stage of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle; 6. Styles of female greatness: Katherine Philips's translations of Corneille; Coda.
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