Article: Women Players in England, 1500-1660: Beyond the All-Male Stage.(Book review)

Pamela Allen Brown and Peter Parolin, eds. Women Players in England, 1500-1660: Beyond the All-Male Stage.

Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2005. xviii + 330 pp. index. illus. tbls. map. bibl. $99.95. ISBN: 0-7546-0953-7.

Pamela Allen Brown and Peter Parolin have asked a compelling question in their compilation of lively and informative essays: if performance is considered in its broadest sense, what can we learn about the influence of female performance on the development and practice of commercial theater in England during the early modern period? The contributors offer a variety of perspectives on ...

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