Introduction 1. Translating the Text, Performing the Self Gweno Williams 2. Beauty, Chastity and Wit: Feminising the Centre Stage Stephanie Hodgson-Wright 3. 'Upon the World's Stage': The Civil War and Interregnum Alison Findlay 4. ' No Silent Woman': The Plays of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle Gweno Williams 5. Licensed to Thrill: Early Restoration Drama Alison Findlay 6. Undress, Cross-Dress, Redress: Aphra Behn and the Manipulation of Genre Stephanie Hodgson-Wright 7. A Woman's Place is in the Play/House Alison Findlay and Stephanie Hodgson-WrightBibliography Index
Alison Findlay is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, Lancaster University.
Stephanie Hodgson-Wright is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sunderland.
Gweno Williams is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Literature Studies, University College of Ripon and York St. John.