Alison Findlay is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, Lancaster University. Stephanie Hodgson-Wright is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sunderland. Gweno Williams is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Literature Studies, University College of Ripon and York St. John.
Introduction 1. Translating the Text, Performing the Self Gweno Williams
2. Beauty, Chastity and Wit: Feminising the Centre Stage Stephanie
Hodgson-Wright 3. 'Upon the World's Stage': The Civil War and Interregnum
Alison Findlay 4. ' No Silent Woman': The Plays of Margaret Cavendish,
Duchess of Newcastle Gweno Williams 5. Licensed to Thrill: Early
Restoration Drama Alison Findlay 6. Undress, Cross-Dress, Redress: Aphra
Behn and the Manipulation of Genre Stephanie Hodgson-Wright 7. A Woman's
Place is in the Play/House Alison Findlay and Stephanie Hodgson-Wright
Bibliography Index