Go to main content

Women dramatists 1550-1670: Plays in performance [videorecording].

Brackley, Elizabeth. Concealed fancies.; Cary, Elizabeth, Lady, 1585 or 1586-1639. Tragedy of Mariam.; Cavendish, Jane. Concealed fancies.; Lumley, Jane Lumley, Baroness, approximately 1537-1577. Iphigenia at Aulis.; Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674. Convent of pleasure.
Add to Basket

Title
Women dramatists 1550-1670: Plays in performance [videorecording].
Created/published
[Sunderland, UK] : Women & Dramatic Production, in association with Lancaster University Television
Description
1 videocassette (85 min.) ; 1/2 in. NTSC format.
Associated name
Brackley, Elizabeth. Concealed fancies.
Cary, Elizabeth, Lady, 1585 or 1586-1639. Tragedy of Mariam.
Cavendish, Jane. Concealed fancies.
Lumley, Jane Lumley, Baroness, approximately 1537-1577. Iphigenia at Aulis.
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674. Convent of pleasure.
Note
Teaching video in which Alison Findlay, Stephanie Hodgson-Wright and Gweno Williams introduce and discuss extracts from performances of four plays by women writers.

"Refutes the notion that plays written by women of this period were 'unperformed, not intended for performance and unperformable.'" -- DFo files.
Credits
Produced by Women and Dramatic Production in association with Lancaster University Television.
Cast
Stephanie Hodgson-Wright (University of Sunderland), Alison Findlay (Lancaster University) and Gweno Williams (University College of Ripon and York St. John).
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain.

Call number
VCR 196