The diva's gift to the Shakespearean stage : agency, theatricality, and the innamorata /
'The Diva's Gift to the Shakespearean Stage' traces the transnational connections between Shakespeare's all-male stage and the first female stars in the West. The book uses Italian and English plays and other sources to explore this relationship, focusing on the gifted actress wh...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'The Diva's Gift to the Shakespearean Stage' traces the transnational connections between Shakespeare's all-male stage and the first female stars in the West. The book uses Italian and English plays and other sources to explore this relationship, focusing on the gifted actress who radically altered female roles and expanded the horizons of drama just as the English were building their first paying theatres. |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191904523 019190452X 9780192638076 0192638076 9780192638083 0192638084 |