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Carol Thomas Neely Kolkovich, Elizabeth Zeman 2015-09-25T20:15:28Z 2015-09-25T20:15:28Z 10000-01-01 2009 2009 My study focuses on five late entertainments that feature women in prominent roles at Bisham Abbey (1592), Sudeley Castle (1592), Rycote Park (1592), Wilton estate (1599), and Harefield manor (1602). I analyze these performances, along with their afterlives in print and manuscript, in their precise historical moments to uncover the specific negotiations each enacts between aristocrats and the Queen. Writers Mary Sidney and Elizabeth Russell, patrons Alice Egerton and Margery Norreys, and young female performers such as Elizabeth Brydges used late Elizabethan progress entertainments to engage directly in debates about gender and political authority and to accomplish a wide range of goals: they lobbied for positions at court, urged the Queen to adopt certain policies, advertised their wealth and influence, and sought further power. I propose that several decades of successful female rule encouraged noblewomen to fashion themselves in the Queen's image and perform political roles. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T20:15:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3392098.pdf: 4015417 bytes, checksum: 77e4e3dc635278032cb24606a6bd010b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 82738 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 274 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/81457 (MiAaPQ)AAI3392098 eng Performing Arts Work in Progress: Gender and Politics in Late Elizabethan Progress Entertainments text English English University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.