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Reassesses women's relationship to performance in early modern England.

Table of Contents

Introduction: An early modern female stage
1. Dance, gender and the politics of aristocratic performance in the early Stuart court masque
2. Marriage and the performance of the romance quest – the role of the queen consort in the early modern European court
3. ‘Spectacles of strangeness’ – the performance of the female body in the major Jacobean masques
4. Disputed marriages – the female courtier as spectator
5. The contested masquing stage – ‘The Somerset masque’, ‘Cupid's banishment’ and the space of the female court
Conclusion: The legacy of Anna of Denmark – female performance in the Caroline court and beyond
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Women on the Renaissance Stage Anna of Denmark

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 6/6/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719062506, 978-0719062506
      ISBN10: 0719062500

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Reassesses women's relationship to performance in early modern England.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: An early modern female stage
      1. Dance, gender and the politics of aristocratic performance in the early Stuart court masque
      2. Marriage and the performance of the romance quest – the role of the queen consort in the early modern European court
      3. ‘Spectacles of strangeness’ – the performance of the female body in the major Jacobean masques
      4. Disputed marriages – the female courtier as spectator
      5. The contested masquing stage – ‘The Somerset masque’, ‘Cupid's banishment’ and the space of the female court
      Conclusion: The legacy of Anna of Denmark – female performance in the Caroline court and beyond
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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