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A Village Festival, With a Theatrical Performance and a Procession in Honour of St Hubert and St Anthony. Brueghel, Pieter, the younger (c.1564-1637/8). The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

In 1614, a mother of eight put on a play about her cheating neighbour. The scandalous story changes what we know about women in theatre

David McInnis, The University of Melbourne; Matthew Steggle, University of Bristol, and Misha Teramura, University of Toronto

Only a handful of plays written by women in the early modern period have survived. But the accounts of Alice Mustian’s raunchy stage show shed light on a surprising playwright and impresario.

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