by Jinny Webber | Nov 6, 2021 | Boy actors on Shakespeare's stage, Gender fluidity, Sex and Gender in Shakespeare's England, Shakespeare and Fiction, The Man-Woman |
The release date for Bedtrick will be November 16. Pre-order copies online or at your favorite book shop. Summary: During the tumultuous late days of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Alexander Cooke, born female, successfully passes as male to play Shakespeare’s...
by Jinny Webber | Aug 16, 2021 | Gender fluidity, The Man-Woman |
Rare for a living person to be the subject of a play, but so Moll Frith was in The Roaring Girl, or Moll Cut-purse, Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker’s play of 1607-1611. By then she was legendary in London, sitting onstage at a performance of The Roaring Girl, and...
by Jinny Webber | Aug 11, 2021 | The Man-Woman |
Sander Cooke has three close women friends in Bedtrick, each rebellious in her own way. On a scale of scandal, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke is the least, Amelia Bassano Lanyer more so, and Moll Cutpurse, as Moll Frith was sometimes known, the most. Sander...
by Jinny Webber | Mar 16, 2018 | Sex and Gender in Shakespeare's England, The Man-Woman |
In her first appearance to Charles, Dauphin of France, Joan describes her vision of the Virgin Mary—and then proves herself by matching swords with the Dauphin and winning. I still had far to go in my skill with rapier and dagger, and I envied Jack’s adroit parrying....
by Jinny Webber | Feb 23, 2018 | Sex and Gender in Shakespeare's England, The Man-Woman |
“Moll Frith was the most notable woman in London after the Queen, to whom she was as opposite as a chunk of red glass from a ruby.” The Secret Player, Chapter XII As Queen Elizabeth was known for her gems and finery, Moll Frith was known for the...
