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Scripting the Witch. Voice, Gender and Power in The Witch of Edmonton (Rowley, Dekker and Ford 1621) and Witchcraft (Baillie 1836)
Handley, Janet (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-11-02)The current thesis compares two plays based on historical witchcraft trials of the seventeenth century in England and Scotland, respectively: The Witch of Edmonton (1621) by Rowley, Dekker and Ford, and Witchcraft (1836) by Joanna Baillie. The plays are examined in order to establish why these two plays stage the witch; how the witch is staged; and what the staging of the witch communicates ...