Three Tragedies By Renaissance Women: The Tragedie of Iphigeneia; the Tragedie of Antonie; the Tragedie of Mariam (Penguin Classics: Penguin Dramatists S.) - Softcover
Elizabeth Cary's Miriam is concerned with the significance of marriage both as a dynastic and personal event. Lady Lumley's Iphigeneia, dedicated to her father, adapts Euripides' story of the daughter killed by her father Agamemnon and is the firstsurviving English translation of a Greek tragedy. The Countess of Pembroke, sister of Sir Philip Sidney, reworked a French drama about Antonie which seems to have influenced Antony and Cleopatra. Clearly intended for private production, all three are able to address contentious political issues - the nature of the good ruler, resistance to unjust authority - which were seldom permitted on the public stage.
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Synopsis:
This volume contains unmodernized versions of plays by each of the three leading Renaissance women dramatists: Elizabeth Cary's "The Tragedie of Mariam" (1613), the story of the plight of a woman married against her will to an unbending tyrant; June Lumley's version of Euripides' "Iphigenia" (1550), the earliest surviving translation of a Greek tragedy; and Mary Sidney's "Antonie" (1590), a blank verse translation of a French Senecan play. Intended for private production, all three were able to address contentious political issues - the nature of the good ruler, resistance to unjust authority - which were seldom permitted on the public stage.
About the Author:
Jane, Lady Lumley (1537-1576) adapted Euripides to the protocols of Renaissance moral and political concerns. Mary, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621), a scholar of Hebrew, Greek, French and Italian, was a gifted editor, translator and author. Elizabeth Cary (1585-1639) wrote and translated widely, becoming the first woman to write a history play.
Diane Purkiss is a widely published Lecturer in English at Reading University.
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0140436103
- ISBN 13 9780140436105
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
- EditorPurkiss Diane, Lumley Jane Lady, Pembroke Mary Countess Of
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