{"product_id":"women-on-stage-in-stuart-drama-hardback-9780521811118","title":"Women on Stage in Stuart Drama (Hardback) 9780521811118","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWomen on Stage in Stuart Drama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study into the history of the seventeenth-century stage from the perspective of the actresses.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSophie Tomlinson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521811118, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 January 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e310 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 16.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'Sophie Tomlinson enriches the field of women's theatre history with this fascinating study of the 'prehistory' of the actress. A light-hearted reference to the refrain 'sisters are doin' it for themselves' introduces a serious work of revisionist history that uncovers the layers of female influence and action at the early Stuart courts.' Journal of New Theatre Quarterly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWomen on Stage in Stuart Drama provides a 'prehistory' of the actress, filling an important gap in established accounts of how women came to perform in the Restoration theatre. Sophie Tomlinson uncovers and analyzes a revolution in theatrical discourse in response to the cultural innovations of two Stuart queens consort, Anna of Denmark and the French Henrietta Maria. Their appearances on stage in masques and pastoral drama engendered a new poetics of female performance, which registered acting as a powerful means of self-determination for women. The pressure of cultural change is inscribed in a plethora of dramatic texts that explore the imaginative possibilities inspired by female acting. These include plays by the key royalist women writers Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, and Katherine Philips. The material explored by Tomlinson illustrates a fresh vision of theatrical femininity and encompasses an unusually sympathetic interest in questions of female liberty and selfhood.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: shifting sisters\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'Magic in majesty': the poetics of female performance in the Jacobean masque\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'Naked hearts': feminising the Stuart pastoral stage\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Significant liberty': the actress in Caroline comedy\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sirens of doom and defiance in Caroline tragedy\u003cbr\u003e Interchapter: 'Enter Ianthe, Veiled'\u003cbr\u003e 5. The fancy-stage of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle\u003cbr\u003e 6. Styles of female greatness: Katherine Philips's translations of Corneille\u003cbr\u003e Coda.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005545861400,"sku":"9780521811118","price":73.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521811118i_c6ff0dd6-ff93-42ae-a921-c4557e04424b.jpg?v=1691368294","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/women-on-stage-in-stuart-drama-hardback-9780521811118","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}