Women on the Stage in Early Modern France: 1540-1750

by Virginia Scott

Book Overview

Focusing on actresses in France during the early modern period, Virginia Scott examines how the stereotype of the actress has been constructed. The study then moves beyond that stereotype to detail the reality of the personal and artistic lives of women on the French stage, from the almost unknown Marie Ferr - who signed a contract for 12 livres a year in 1545 to perform the 'antiquailles de Rome or other histories, moralities, farces, and acrobatics'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521896754
• ISBN13: 9780521896757
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"