Title: Women players in England, 1500-1660
Description: "Offering evidence of women's extensive contributions to the theatrical landscape, this volume sharply challenges the assumption that the stage was 'all male' in early modern England. The editors and contributors argue that the pervasiveness of female performance affected cultural production, even on the professional London stages that used men and boys for women's parts. English spectators saw women players in professional and amateur contexts, in elite and popular settings, at home and abroad. Women acted in scripted and improvised roles, performed in local festive drama, and took part in dancing, singing, and masquing. English travelers saw professional actresses on the continent and Italian and French actresses visited England."--Jacket.
Subjects: Actresses, English drama, History and criticism, Theater, History, Theater, great britain, English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Early modern and Elizabethan
Places: England
Time periods: Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, 17th century, 16th century