The diva's gift to the Shakespearean stage : agency, theatricality, and the innamorata / Pamela Allen Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Pamela Allen, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespearean actors and actresses--History--16th century.

Shakespearean actors and actresses.

Women in the theater--England--History--16th century.

Women in the theater.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.

Shakespeare, William.

England.

Italy.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

'The Diva's Gift to the Shakespearean Stage' traces the transnational connections between Shakespeare's all-male stage and the first female stars in the West. The book uses Italian and English plays and other sources to explore this relationship, focusing on the gifted actress who radically altered female roles and expanded the horizons of drama just as the English were building their first paying theatres.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-289) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Brown, Pamela Allen The Diva's Gift to the Shakespearean Stage

ISBN:

9780198867838 (hc)

0-19-190452-X

0-19-263807-6