Women Experimenting in Theatre Early Modern to Contemporary

Kate Aughterson has written widely on women’s writing and early modern drama, including, editing The Luckey Chance (2021); Renaissance Woman (1995), The English Renaissance: An Anthology (1998); John Webster: The Plays (2000), Aphra Behn: The Comedies (2003), Shakespeare: The Late Plays (2013), with Katy Shaw,  Jim Crace: Into the Wilderness (2017); with Ailsa Grant Ferguson,  Shakespeare and Gender (2020) and with Deborah Philips, Women and Experimental Fiction: Early Modern to Contemporary ; with Jess Moriarty, S ocially Engaged Creative Practice (2024) and Performing Maternities (2024).

Deborah Philips has written extensively on women's writing and cultural history. Her books include: And This is My Friend Sandy: Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend, London Theatre and Gay Culture (2021), Fairground Attractions (2012), Writing Romance: Women's Fiction (2006/2014), The Trojan Horse (2013) with Garry Whannel and Brave New Causes (1998) with Ian Haywood. She is the co-editor, with Kate Aughterson of Women Writers and Experimental Narratives: Early Modern to Contemporary (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).