Girl Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Williams, Deanne![Girl Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/460/46028039/CHSBZCOP0346028039.jpg)
Deanne Williams offers the very first study of the medieval and early modern girl actor. Whereas previous histories of the actress begin with the Restoration, this book demonstrates that the girl is actually a well-documented category of performer and a key participant in the drama of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It explores evidence of the girl actor in archival records of payment, eyewitness accounts, stage directions, paintings, and in ...