Staging gender in Behn and Centlivre
Subtitle: women's comedy and the theatre
By: Nancy Copeland.
Series: Studies in performance and early modern drama
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689 -- Comedies.; Centlivre, Susanna, 1667?-1723 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Centlivre, Susanna, 1667?-1723 -- Stage history.; Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689 -- Stage history.; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century.; English drama -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; English drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.; Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Theater -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Description: "Staging Gender in Behn and Centlivre studies the representation of gender in four of the most important plays by the leading professional women playwrights of the late Stuart period. Behn's The Rover (1677) and The Luckey Chance (1686) and Centlivre's The Busie Body (1709) and The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret (1714) are first placed in their original theatrical and cultural contexts and then studied through subsequent productions and adaptations extending from the eighteenth century to the twentieth. The detailed analysis of these plays is framed by a discussion of the cultural position of the playwrights and the kind of comedy they wrote. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of dramatic literature, theatre, and women's studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-197) and index.