TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bush-Bailey,Gilli
TI  - Treading the bawds: Actresses and playwrights on the Late Stuart stage
T2  - Women, Theatre and Performance
SN  - 9781847793638
AV  - PN2592 .T743 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
KW  - Women in the theater
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Theater
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Copyright; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART 1 Background; 1. In the company of women; 2. United we stand; 3. Control and influence on the Late Stuart stage; PART 2. The Players' Companyat Lincoln's Inn Fields; 4. New Moves, New Voices; 5. Competition and criticism; 6. Re-forming the stage; 7. Old stories, new histories; 8. Certainly not a conclusion; Bibliography; Index; 2; b
N2  - Drawing on feminist cultural materialist theories and historiographies,?Treading the bawds? analyses the collaboration between actresses Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle and women playwrights such as Aphra Behn and Mary Pix, and traces a line of influence from the time of the first theatres royal to the rebellion that resulted in the creation of a player?s co-operative. Bush-Bailey offers a fresh approach to the history of women, seeing their neglected plays in the context of performance. By combining detailed analysis of selected plays within the broader context of a playhouse managed by
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