Renaissance Drama by Women: Texts and Documents

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Synopsis

Gathered for the first time in this unique volume are plays and documents which show that, contrary to traditional thinking, women did participate in the theatrical culture of the Renaissance. Women were authors, translators, performers, spectators, and even part-owners of theatres.

Included in this meticulously edited volume are four full-length plays, a fragment of a translation from Seneca by Queen Elizabeth I, a masque written for performance by a ladies’ school before Queen Anne and a collection of historical documents.

Renaissance Drama by Women: Texts and Documents is the first collection to offer such a wealth of literary and historical material. The editors assist the reader in understanding the richness of the texts by providing modernized spellings, full notes, annotations of unfamiliar words and phraseology, biographical essays and a bibliography. This volume will be invaluable to students and scholars of Renaissance studies, theatre history and women’s studies.

Copyright:
1996

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781134962044
Publisher:
Routledge
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
S.P. Cerasano and Marion Wynne-Davies
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
Grade Levels:
College Freshman
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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