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The diva's gift to the Shakespearean stage : agency, theatricality, and the innamorata, Pamela Allen Brown
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- 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 is the first to use 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 theaters. By the time Shakespeare began to write plays, women had been acting professionally in Italian troupes for two decades, traveling across the Continent and acting in all genres, including tragicomedy and tragedy. Some women became the first truly international stars, winning royal and noble patrons and literary admirers beyond Italy, with repeat tours in France and Spain. Elizabeth and her court caught wind of the Italians' success, and soon troupes with actresses came to London to perform. Through contacts direct and indirect, English professionals grew keenly aware of the mimetic revolution wrought by the skilled diva, who expanded the innamorata and made the type more engaging, outspoken, and autonomous. Some English writers pushed back, treating the actress as a whorish threat to the all-male stage, which had long minimized female roles. Others saw a vital new model full of promise. Faced with rising demand for Italian-style plays, Lyly, Marlowe, Kyd, and Shakespeare used Italian models from scripted and improvised drama to turn out stellar female parts in the mode of the actress, altering them in significant ways while continuing to use boys to playthem. Writers seized on the comici's materials and methods to piece together pastoral, comic, and tragicomic plays from mobile theatergrams-plot elements, roles, stories, speeches, and star scenes, such as cross-dressing, the mad scene, and the sung lament
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- viii, 295 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: "For what's a play without a woman in it?"
- The innamorata ignites
- Italianating the boy
- Dying to act: from Bel-imperia to Juliet
- 4: Who's It? Acting the Actress in Shakespearean Comedy
- Hostile makeovers
- Dark ambition: the two faces of Portia
- "Let all the dukes and all the devils roar!" Mad skills and madwomen
- Epilogue: Cleopatra's Sweat
- Appendix A: Notable innamorata roles in English plays
- Appendix B: Italian documents in translation
- Appendix C: Scenario: "Isabella's jealousy."
- Isbn
- 9780198867838
- Label
- The diva's gift to the Shakespearean stage : agency, theatricality, and the innamorata
- Title
- The diva's gift to the Shakespearean stage
- Title remainder
- agency, theatricality, and the innamorata
- Statement of responsibility
- Pamela Allen Brown
- Title variation
- Agency, theatricality, and the innamorata
- Subject
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- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
- History
- Italy
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production
- Shakespearean actors and actresses
- Shakespearean actors and actresses -- History -- 16th century
- 1500-1600
- Theater
- Women in the theater
- Women in the theater -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Women in the theater -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Women in the theater -- Italy -- History -- 16th century
- Women in the theater -- Italy -- History -- 16th century
- Shakespearean actors and actresses -- History -- 16th century
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- England
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
- Language
- eng
- 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 is the first to use 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 theaters. By the time Shakespeare began to write plays, women had been acting professionally in Italian troupes for two decades, traveling across the Continent and acting in all genres, including tragicomedy and tragedy. Some women became the first truly international stars, winning royal and noble patrons and literary admirers beyond Italy, with repeat tours in France and Spain. Elizabeth and her court caught wind of the Italians' success, and soon troupes with actresses came to London to perform. Through contacts direct and indirect, English professionals grew keenly aware of the mimetic revolution wrought by the skilled diva, who expanded the innamorata and made the type more engaging, outspoken, and autonomous. Some English writers pushed back, treating the actress as a whorish threat to the all-male stage, which had long minimized female roles. Others saw a vital new model full of promise. Faced with rising demand for Italian-style plays, Lyly, Marlowe, Kyd, and Shakespeare used Italian models from scripted and improvised drama to turn out stellar female parts in the mode of the actress, altering them in significant ways while continuing to use boys to playthem. Writers seized on the comici's materials and methods to piece together pastoral, comic, and tragicomic plays from mobile theatergrams-plot elements, roles, stories, speeches, and star scenes, such as cross-dressing, the mad scene, and the sung lament
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brown, Pamela Allen,
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Shakespeare, William
- Shakespeare, William
- Shakespearean actors and actresses
- Women in the theater
- Women in the theater
- English drama
- Shakespearean actors and actresses
- English drama
- Theater
- Women in the theater
- England
- Italy
- Label
- The diva's gift to the Shakespearean stage : agency, theatricality, and the innamorata, Pamela Allen Brown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (263-289) and index
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- Contents
- Introduction: "For what's a play without a woman in it?" -- The innamorata ignites -- Italianating the boy -- Dying to act: from Bel-imperia to Juliet -- 4: Who's It? Acting the Actress in Shakespearean Comedy -- Hostile makeovers -- Dark ambition: the two faces of Portia -- "Let all the dukes and all the devils roar!" Mad skills and madwomen -- Epilogue: Cleopatra's Sweat -- Appendix A: Notable innamorata roles in English plays -- Appendix B: Italian documents in translation -- Appendix C: Scenario: "Isabella's jealousy."
- Control code
- 1260291566
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- viii, 295 pages
- Isbn
- 9780198867838
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1260291566
- Label
- The diva's gift to the Shakespearean stage : agency, theatricality, and the innamorata, Pamela Allen Brown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (263-289) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: "For what's a play without a woman in it?" -- The innamorata ignites -- Italianating the boy -- Dying to act: from Bel-imperia to Juliet -- 4: Who's It? Acting the Actress in Shakespearean Comedy -- Hostile makeovers -- Dark ambition: the two faces of Portia -- "Let all the dukes and all the devils roar!" Mad skills and madwomen -- Epilogue: Cleopatra's Sweat -- Appendix A: Notable innamorata roles in English plays -- Appendix B: Italian documents in translation -- Appendix C: Scenario: "Isabella's jealousy."
- Control code
- 1260291566
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- viii, 295 pages
- Isbn
- 9780198867838
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1260291566
Subject
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
- History
- Italy
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production
- Shakespearean actors and actresses
- Shakespearean actors and actresses -- History -- 16th century
- 1500-1600
- Theater
- Women in the theater
- Women in the theater -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Women in the theater -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Women in the theater -- Italy -- History -- 16th century
- Women in the theater -- Italy -- History -- 16th century
- Shakespearean actors and actresses -- History -- 16th century
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- England
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
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