Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgements VII
4. List of Illustrations IX
5. A Note on the Text XIII
6. List of Abbreviations XV
7. Introduction 1
8. Chapter 1 Widows’ Costumes and Accessories on the Early Modern Stage 15
9. Chapter 2 Lamentation and Gestures of Mourning in Tamburlaine the Great, Richard III, and King John 68
10. Chapter 3 Staging the Dead Husband in Elizabethan Tragedies and Jacobean Satirical Comedies 113
11. Chapter 4 Actors and Casting in The Duchess of Malfi and More Dissemblers Besides Women 151
12. Chapter 5 “Shall I not be master of my own house?”: Widows as Powerful Mistresses in Caroline Drama 193
13. Conclusion 238
14. Appendix: List of Plays with Widow Characters, 1538–1642 242
15. Bibliography 257
16. Index 278