Contributors to the volume not only investigate the gendered effect of Spanish texts and literary types on English and French drama, they address the actual journeys of Spanish actresses to French theaters and of Italian actresses to the Spanish stage, while several emphasize the movement of royal women to various courts and their impact on theatrical activity in Spain and abroad. In their innovative focus on women's participation and influence, the chapters in this volume illustrate the frequent yet little studied transnational and transcultural points of contact between Spanish theater and the national theaters of England, France, Austria, and Italy.…mehr
Contributors to the volume not only investigate the gendered effect of Spanish texts and literary types on English and French drama, they address the actual journeys of Spanish actresses to French theaters and of Italian actresses to the Spanish stage, while several emphasize the movement of royal women to various courts and their impact on theatrical activity in Spain and abroad. In their innovative focus on women's participation and influence, the chapters in this volume illustrate the frequent yet little studied transnational and transcultural points of contact between Spanish theater and the national theaters of England, France, Austria, and Italy.
Anne J. Cruz is Professor of Spanish and Cooper Fellow at the University of Miami, USA. María Cristina Quintero is Professor of Spanish, Director of Comparative Literature and Codirector of Romance Languages at Bryn Mawr College, USA.
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CONTENTS List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Women Players in Early Modern National Theaters Anne J. Cruz and María Cristina Quintero Part I From Spain to the Transnational Stage 1 The Domestication of Melibea: Recasting Spanish Characters in Early English Drama José María Pérez Fernández 2 Transnational Transformations of Zayas's El castigo de la miseria in France and England Susan Paun de García 3 To Conquer Paris: Spanish Actresses at the Court of Louis XIV (1660-1674) Carmen Sanz Ayán 4 Spanish Plots and Spanish Stereotypes by Restoration Women Playwrights Anne J. Cruz 5 "It¿s a Spanish comedia, and therefore it's better than any other fête": Empress Margarita Teresa and Spanish Cultural Influence on the Imperial Court Luis Tercero Casado Part II Commedia and Court Crosscurrents 6 Influencing Gender Roles: The Commedia dell'Arte in Spain Ana Fernández Valbuena 7 Royal Players: Habsburg Women, Border Crossings, and the Performance of Queenship María Cristina Quintero 8 A Stage for Isabel of Borbón: From Paris to Aranjuez Carmela Mattza 9 Spain, Italy, and France: Marie Louise of Savoy, the Princess of Ursins, and the Crosscurrents of Court Theater during the Spanish War of Succession (1701-1714) José A. López Anguita 10 Isabel Farnese and the Sexual Politics of the Spanish Court Theater Ignacio López Alemany Notes on Contributors
CONTENTS List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Women Players in Early Modern National Theaters Anne J. Cruz and María Cristina Quintero Part I From Spain to the Transnational Stage 1 The Domestication of Melibea: Recasting Spanish Characters in Early English Drama José María Pérez Fernández 2 Transnational Transformations of Zayas's El castigo de la miseria in France and England Susan Paun de García 3 To Conquer Paris: Spanish Actresses at the Court of Louis XIV (1660-1674) Carmen Sanz Ayán 4 Spanish Plots and Spanish Stereotypes by Restoration Women Playwrights Anne J. Cruz 5 "It¿s a Spanish comedia, and therefore it's better than any other fête": Empress Margarita Teresa and Spanish Cultural Influence on the Imperial Court Luis Tercero Casado Part II Commedia and Court Crosscurrents 6 Influencing Gender Roles: The Commedia dell'Arte in Spain Ana Fernández Valbuena 7 Royal Players: Habsburg Women, Border Crossings, and the Performance of Queenship María Cristina Quintero 8 A Stage for Isabel of Borbón: From Paris to Aranjuez Carmela Mattza 9 Spain, Italy, and France: Marie Louise of Savoy, the Princess of Ursins, and the Crosscurrents of Court Theater during the Spanish War of Succession (1701-1714) José A. López Anguita 10 Isabel Farnese and the Sexual Politics of the Spanish Court Theater Ignacio López Alemany Notes on Contributors
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