Convent Theatre in Early Modern Italy: Spiritual Fun and Learning for Women

by Elissa B. Weaver

Book Overview

This book is a study of convent theatre in Italy, an all-female tradition. Widespread in the early modern period, but virtually forgotten today, this activity produced a number of talented dramatists and works worthy of remembrance. Convent authors, actresses and audiences, especially in Tuscan houses, the plays written and produced, and what these reveal about the lives of convent women, are the focus of this book. Beginning with the earliest known...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521039029
• ISBN13: 9780521039024
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"