The Female Academy

by Margaret Cavendish

When Margaret Cavendish published her first collection of dramatic work in 1662, she was keenly aware that none of her comedies or tragedies was unlikely to be acted, at least in her lifetime--but that did not deter her. "To those that do delight in scenes and wit / I dedicate my book," she writes at the beginning of the volume entitled, simply, "Plays."As for the hard reality that her plays were not to be produced? She has an answer for that as well:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692853235
• ISBN13: 9780692853238
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Saltar's Point Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"