Treading the Bawds - Actresses and Playwrights on the Late Stuart Stage

Informationen zum Autor Gilli Bush-Bailey is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Drama and Theatre Department at Royal Holloway, University of London Klappentext Treading the bawds breaks the traditional boundaries that have separated the histories of the first actresses and the early female playwright. This is a story of collaboration and influence, played out on the seventeenth-century London stage as women's words and women's bodies come together for the first time. Zusammenfassung Treading the bawds breaks the traditional boundaries that have separated the histories of the first actresses and the early female playwright. This is a story of collaboration and influence, played out on the seventeenth-century London stage as women’s words and women’s bodies come together for the first time. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionAcknowledgementsPart One: Background1. In the company of women2. United we stand3. Control and influence on the Late Stuart StagePart Two: The Players' Company at Lincoln's Inn Fields4. New moves, new voices5. Competition and criticism6. Re-forming the stage7. Old stories, new histories8. Certainly not a conclusionBibliography

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gilli Bush-Bailey, Bush-Bailey Gilli
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.2009
• EAN: 9780719072512
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7251-2
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: Women, Theatre and Performance; Women, Theatre and Performance
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, C 1600 To C 1700