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Treading the bawds : actresses and playwrights on the late-Stuart stage / Gilli Bush-Bailey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bush-Bailey, Gilli.
- Series:
- Women, Theatre and Performance
- Women, theatre and performance
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in the theater--England--History--17th century.
- Women in the theater.
- Women in the theater--England--History--18th century.
- English drama--Restoration, 1660-1700--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- English drama--18th century--History and criticism.
- English drama--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Theater--England--History--17th century.
- Theater.
- Theater--England--History--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester [U.K.] ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Background
- pt. 2. The players' company at Lincoln's Inn Fields.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781847796400
- 1847796400
- 9781781701935
- 1781701938
- 9781847793638
- 1847793630
- OCLC:
- 818847481
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