Download or read book Eighteenth-Century Women Playwrights, vol 1 written by Derek Hughes and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This six-volume anthology documents the history of women's drama throughout the 18th century, starting with the emergence in 1695-6 of the second generation of women dramatists to Aphra Benn. It includes the work of Catherine Trotter, Mary Pix, Eliza Haywood and Elizabeth Griffith.