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