{"product_id":"women-experimenting-in-theatre-early-modern-to-contemporary-9783031636882","title":"Women Experimenting in Theatre: Early Modern to Contemporary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays, covering a broad historical range, shows that women working in theatre and drama since the time of Aphra Behn have been engaged in pushing the boundaries of conventional representation and dramaturgical convention. Collectively the authors show that women have used performing spaces as a channel for both political and personal radicalism - one that has demanded and celebrated experimentalism as a kind of survival in a male dominated world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKate Aughterson\u003c\/strong\u003e has written widely on women's writing and early modern drama, including, editing \u003cem\u003eThe Luckey Chance\u003c\/em\u003e (2021); \u003cem\u003eRenaissance Woman\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), \u003cem\u003eThe English Renaissance: An Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e (1998);\u003cem\u003e John Webster: The Plays\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), \u003cem\u003eAphra Behn: The Comedies\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), \u003cem\u003eShakespeare: The Late Plays\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), with Katy Shaw, \u003cem\u003eJim Crace: Into the Wilderness\u003c\/em\u003e (2017); with Ailsa Grant Ferguson, \u003cem\u003eShakespeare and Gender\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) and with Deborah Philips, \u003cem\u003eWomen and Experimental Fiction: Early Modern to Contemporary\u003c\/em\u003e; with Jess Moriarty, S\u003cem\u003eocially Engaged Creative Practice\u003c\/em\u003e (2024) and \u003cem\u003ePerforming Maternities\u003c\/em\u003e (2024).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeborah Philips\u003c\/strong\u003e has written extensively on women's writing and cultural history. Her books include: \u003cem\u003eAnd This is My Friend Sandy: Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend, London Theatre and Gay Culture\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), \u003cem\u003eFairground Attractions\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), \u003cem\u003eWriting Romance: Women's Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e (2006\/2014), \u003cem\u003eThe Trojan Horse \u003c\/em\u003e(2013) with Garry Whannel and \u003cem\u003eBrave New Causes\u003c\/em\u003e (1998) with Ian Haywood. She is the co-editor, with Kate Aughterson of \u003cem\u003eWomen Writers and Experimental Narratives: Early Modern to Contemporary \u003c\/em\u003e(Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50916281975058,"sku":"9783031636882","price":128.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_560b2e32-3ccb-459f-a61e-1e6ea0ea94eb.jpg?v=1738846741","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/women-experimenting-in-theatre-early-modern-to-contemporary-9783031636882","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}