Treading the bawds Actresses and playwrights on the Late Stuart stage

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Synopsis

Drawing on feminist cultural materialist theories and historiographies, ‘Treading the bawds’ analyses the collaboration between actresses Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle and women playwrights such as Aphra Behn and Mary Pix, and traces a line of influence from the time of the first theatres royal to the rebellion that resulted in the creation of a player’s co-operative. Bush-Bailey offers a fresh approach to the history of women, seeing their neglected plays in the context of performance. By combining detailed analysis of selected plays within the broader context of a playhouse managed by its leading actresses, Bush-Bailey challenges the received historical and literary canons, including a radical solution to the mysterious identity of the anonymous playwright ‘Ariadne’. It is a story of female collaboration and influence with the spotlight focused on the very public world of women in the commercial business of theatre.

Book details

Series:
Women, Theatre and Performance
Author:
Gilli Bush-Bailey
ISBN:
9781847793638
Related ISBNs:
9780719072505, 9781847796400, 9780719072512, 9781847796400, 9780719072512, 9781847796400, 9780719072512
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Pages:
272
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2017-08-08
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2006
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater, History, Nonfiction, Social Studies