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



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Autore: Bush-Bailey Gilli Visualizza persona
Titolo: Treading the bawds : actresses and playwrights on the late-Stuart stage / / Gilli Bush-Bailey Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester [U.K.] ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press
New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2006
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
Disciplina: 822.4
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto non controllato: Anne Bracegirdle
Aphra Behn
Ariadne
Elizabeth Barry
Mary Pix
William Congreve
business of theatre
female playwright
history of women
playhouse
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
Titolo autorizzato: Treading the bawds  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-84779-640-0
1-78170-193-8
1-84779-363-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826074803321
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Serie: Women, Theatre and Performance