Women and Dramatic Production 1550 - 1700
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8086397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Findlay (0000-0001-5530-2768), Gweno, Gweno Williams, Stephanie, Stephanie Wright (0000-0002-7838-9429) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Women and Dramatic Production 1550 - 1700 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315840253 |
| OpenAlex | W1786578979 |
| Open Library | OL39594497M |
| ISBN | 9781315840253 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
There is a traditional view that women were absent from the field of dramatic production in the early modern period because of their exclusion from professional theatre. Women and Dramatic Production 1550-1700 challenges this view and breaks new ground in arguing that, far from writing in closeted retreat, a select number of women took an active part in directing and controlling dramatic self-representations. Examining texts from the mid-sixteenth century through to the end of the seventeenth, the chapters trace the development of a women-centred aesthetic in a variety of dramatic forms. Plays by noblewomen such as Mary Sidney, Elizabeth Cary, Mary Wroth, Rachel Fane and the women of the Cavendish family, form an alternative dramatic tradition centred on the household. The powerful directorial and performative roles played by queens in royal progresses and masques are explored as examples of women's dramatic production in the royal court. The book also highlights women's performances in alternative venues, such as the courtroom and the pulpit, arguing that the practices of martyrs like Margaret Clitherow or visionaries like Anna Trapnel call into question traditional definitions of theatre. The challenges faced by women who were admitted to the professional theatre companies after 1660 are explored in two chapters which deal with the plays of Katherine Philips, Elizabeth Polwhele, Aphra Behn, and Mary Pix, among others. By considering the theatrical dimensions of a wide range of early modern women's writing, this book reveals the breathtaking panorama of women's dramatic production and will be essential reading for students of women's writing and renaissance drama
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Drama · Early modern period · Globe · Literature · Performance art · Performative utterance · Pulpit · Sociology · Theatrical production · Visual arts · History · Irish and British Studies · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Philippine History and Culture · Psychology · 1500-1600 · 17th century · English drama · English drama, early modern and elizabethan · English drama, history and criticism · English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan · English drama, women authors · History and criticism · Women in the theater
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2019 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |