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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826074803321

Autore

Bush-Bailey Gilli

Titolo

Treading the bawds : actresses and playwrights on the late-Stuart stage / / Gilli Bush-Bailey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester [U.K.] ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2006

ISBN

1-84779-640-0

1-78170-193-8

1-84779-363-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Women, Theatre and Performance

Women, theatre and performance

Disciplina

822.4

Soggetti

Women in the theater - England - History - 17th century

Women in the theater - England - History - 18th century

English drama - Restoration, 1660-1700 - History and criticism

English drama - 18th century - History and criticism

English drama - Women authors - History and criticism

Theater - England - History - 17th century

Theater - England - History - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Background -- pt. 2. The players' company at Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Sommario/riassunto

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