English Women Staging Islam, 1696-1707 (Volume 17) (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series)

Delarivier Manley and Mary Pix were among the groundbreaking “female wits,” who debuted their original plays for the public stage in 1695–96. Two of these plays contain explicitly Islamicate themes. Manley’s The Royal Mischief expands on The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia (1686), and Pix’s Ibrahim draws on Rycaut’s History of the Turkish Empire (1687). Continuing this interest, Manley’s Almyna (1706–7) responds to the newly translated Arabian Nights Entertainments (1704–17), and Pix’s The Conquest of Spain (1705) engages the history of Islamic Spain recounted in The Life of the Most Illustrious Monarch Almanzor (1693). These plays have been modernized and annotated in this edition, most for the first time. This edition also includes appendices with excerpts from historical sources and a select bibliography. Cover Title Page Contents Acknowledgments Note on the Text Abbreviations General Introduction I. Early Modern England and Islam II. English Women and Islam III. Restoration Women’s Drama and Islam Introduction: Delarivier Manley (c. 1670–1724) I. Manley’s Life II. Manley’s Literary Works III. The Royal Mischief IV. Almyna: or, The Arabian Vow The Royal Mischief (1696) Dedicatory Letter (“To ... William, Duke of Devonshire”) To the Reader Commendatory Poems (“To Mrs. Manley ...”) Prologue Persons Represented Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Epilogue Appendix A: Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies (1686) Almyna: or, The Arabian Vow (1707) Preface Prologue Epilogue Dramatis Personae Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V. Scene i. Act V. Scene ii. Appendix B: Arabian Nights Entertainments (1713) Introduction: Mary Pix (1666–1709) I. Pix’s Life II. Pix’s Literary Works III. Ibrahim, the Thirteenth Emperor of the Turks IV. The Conquest of Spain Ibrahim, The Thirteenth Emperor of the Turks (1696) Dedicatory Letter (“To ... Richard Minchall”) Preface Prologue Actors’ Names Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Epilogue Appendix C: The History of the Turkish Empire, from the Year 1623 to the Year 1677 The Conquest of Spain (1705) Dramatis Personae Prologue Epilogue Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Appendix D: The Life of the Most Illustrious Monarch Almanzor (1693) Select Bibliography Index "Delarivier Manley and Mary Pix were among the groundbreaking "female wits," who debuted their original plays for the public stage in 1695-66. Two of these plays contain explicitly Islamicate themes. Manley's The Royal Mischief expands on The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia (1686), and Pix's Ibrahim draws on Rycaut's History of the Turkish Empire (1687). Continuing this interest, Manley's Almyna (1706-7) responds to the newly traslated Arabian Nights Entertainments (1704-17). and Pix's The Conquest of Spain (1705) engages the history of Islamic Spain recounted in The Life of the Most Illustrious Monarch Almanzor (1693). These plays have been modernized and annotated in this edition, for the first time. This edition also includes appendices with excerpts from historical sources and a select bibliography"--Back cover Delarivier Manley and Mary Pix were among the groundbreaking female wits who debuted their original plays for the public stage in 16951696. Two of these plays contain explicitly Islamicate themes: Manleys The Royal Mischief expands on The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia (1686) and Pixs Ibrahim draws on Rycauts History of the Turkish Empire (1687). Continuing this interest, Manleys Almyna (17061707) responds to the newly translated Arabian Nights Entertainments (1704-1717) and Pixs The Conquest of Spain (1705) engages the history of Islamic Spain recounted in The Life of the Most Illustrious Monarch Almanzor (1693). These plays have been modernized and annotated in this edition, most for the first time. The edition also includes appendices with excerpts from historical sources and a select bibliography.