The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage
This book brings together nearly 40 academics and theatre practitioners to chronicle and celebrate the courage, determination and achievements of women on stage across the ages and around the globe. The collection stretches from ancient Greece to present-
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The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage
Jan Sewell · Clare Smout Editors
The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage
Editors Jan Sewell The Open University Milton Keynes, UK
Clare Smout University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-23827-8 ISBN 978-3-030-23828-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23828-5 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Carolyne as Ariel, in the San Vittore Globe Theatre production of Le Tempeste, after William Shakespeare, directed by Donatella Massimilla, costume by Susan Marshall, Piccolo Teatro di Milano. Photograph © Marica Moretti This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
It has become a commonplace that women began performing on stage after the Restoration in 1660. This is, of course, an Anglo-centric view of the theatre and one that foregrounds a particular type of performance—that of the professional English playhouses. Nevertheless, it is a dominant narrative. If you type ‘first professional actresses’ into Google, you get a series of articles about Margaret Hughes, widely considered to have been ‘the first professional actress on the English stage’. I must admit that until I began talking to Jan Sewell about this book, I hadn’t thought a great deal about whether women had performed in other contexts before this time, either in England or elsewhere. I vaguely knew that actresses from visiting European troupes had appeared on the English stage earlier in the 1600s and that they had been booed off the stage, but I wasn’t aware as to when they had been permitted on the s
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