Nicholas Rowe And The Beginnings Of Feminism On The London Stage Book

Ch. 1	Background on the study of Nicholas Rowe	11
Ch. 2	The beginnings of Rowe's career	25
Ch. 3	Challenges for actresses in the early modern period	47
Ch. 4	Early development of Rowe's career	63
Ch. 5	A fair attempt at a tragic hero(ine?)	85
Ch. 6	Experimentation in other genres	97
Ch. 7	Rowe's relationships : joyful influences	113
Ch. 8	The feminist hero takes shape : Jane Shore	123
Ch. 9	Rowe's early critic	145
Ch. 10	Growing maturity : Jane Grey	155
Ch. 11	Conclusion of a great career	173
	Works cited	185
App. A	An outline of the life of Nicholas Rowe	197
App. B	Female roles in the plays of Nathaniel Lee, Thomas Otway, and John Dryden with the actresses who first created the roles 1667-1692	201
App. C	Representative roles for women considered villainesses (V) and darker women (DW) 1661-1700	205
App. D	Rowe's monument at Westminster Abbey and the official description of the monument	207