'Women on the Renaissance stage' provides a unique reassessment of women's relationship to performance in Early Modern England. A study of women's participation in the Jacobean court masque, it gives detailed, historicised and interdisciplinary readings of the performances of Anna of Denmark (wife of James VI and I) in the Scottish and English Jacobean courts. Clare McManus investigates the staging conditions, practices and gendering of Anna's performances, from the ceremonies and festivities of the Scottish court to the English court masques of Jonson, Daniel, Campion and others. Current...
'Women on the Renaissance stage' provides a unique reassessment of women's relationship to performance in Early Modern England. A study of women's par...
Did the Stuart queens create their own courts, and can these courts shed new light on women's poetry, drama and performance? This book investigates the literature, theater, patronage and commissioning of the courts of Anna of Denmark (1603-19) and Henrietta Maria (1625-42). Unearthing the neglected history of the Stuart queens, these essays look afresh at the early modern European female elite to create a new picture of femininity for students and scholars of early modern culture.
Did the Stuart queens create their own courts, and can these courts shed new light on women's poetry, drama and performance? This book investigates th...
Did the Stuart queens create their own courts, and can these courts shed new light on women's poetry, drama and performance? Unearthing the neglected history of the Stuart queens, these essays look afresh at the early modern European female elite to create a new picture of femininity for students and scholars of early modern culture.
Did the Stuart queens create their own courts, and can these courts shed new light on women's poetry, drama and performance? Unearthing the neglected ...
