Women Dramatists 1550-1670: Plays in Performance

Synopsis: This teaching video introduces and discusses extracts from four plays by early modern women dramatists: Stephanie Hodgson-Wright discusses her 1994 production of Elizabeth Cary’s ‘The Tragedy of Mariam’ (1613); Alison Findlay discusses her 1994 of Lady Jane Cavendish and Lady Elizabeth Brackley’s ‘The Concealed Fancies’ (c. 1645); Gweno Williams talks about 1995 production of central scenes from Margaret Cavendish’s ‘The Convent of Pleasure’ (1668), directed by Bill Pinner; and Gweno Williams also discusses her 1997 productiopn of Lady Jane Lumley’s ‘Iphigenia at Aulis’ (c. 1554). It is based on full-length theatrical productions of all of the plays except The Convent of Pleasure, of which only the central scenes were produced, and its central aim is announced as being to contest the idea that plays by early modern women were "unperformed, not intended for performance and unperformable."
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2000
Year of production: 1999
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: drama in English; Renaissance drama; women dramatists

Name: Lancaster University, Department of English
Email: a.g.findlay@lancaster.ac.uk shodgsonwright@chelt.ac.uk
Web: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/english/ External site opens in new window
Phone: 01524 382367
Fax: 01524 594247
Address: Attn. Dr Alison Findlay
Reader in Renaissance Drama
Department of English
Lancaster University
LA1 4YT

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