Women on the Renaissance Stage - Anna of Denmark and Female Masquing in the Stuart Court 1590–1619

Reassesses women's relationship to performance in early modern England.

List of contents

Introduction: An early modern female stage
1. Dance, gender and the politics of aristocratic performance in the early Stuart court masque
2. Marriage and the performance of the romance quest - the role of the queen consort in the early modern European court
3. 'Spectacles of strangeness' - the performance of the female body in the major Jacobean masques
4. Disputed marriages - the female courtier as spectator
5. The contested masquing stage - 'The Somerset masque', 'Cupid's banishment' and the space of the female court
Conclusion: The legacy of Anna of Denmark - female performance in the Caroline court and beyond
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Clare McManus is Professor of Early Modern Literature and Theatre at the University of Roehampton

Summary

Reassesses women's relationship to performance in early modern England. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Clare Mcmanus, McManus Clare
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2002
• EAN: 9780719062506
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6250-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Illustrations: Halftones, black & white
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; England, Denmark, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Musicals, HISTORY / Women, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Gender studies: women and girls, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Music of film and stage, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries