Description: The essays in this collection question the extent to which education in early modern England, an activity pursued in the home, classroom and the church led to, mirrored and was perhaps transformed by moments of instruction on stage. Contributors examine how educational theories and practices intersect with and construct ideas about gender, class, and national identity and investigate how education was performed and performative, both on stage and off.
Review Quotes: '... this volume is a valuable new resource for those studying the ubiquitous gendered trope of teaching on the early modern stage, in all sorts of texts on education and gender ideology, and in the lived experiences of Englishmen and Englishwomen.' Renaissance Quarterly '... this collection is enjoyable and informative...' Early Theatre 'These individual essays make valuable contributions to early modern scholarship. Indeed, Performing Pedagogy is at its best when contributors ... use archival work to support their theses and when discussions of pedagogy ... redefine how we understand canonical characters and texts. Readers will be convinced by Moncrief and McPherson's proposal that the early modern stage is an important and severely under-discussed pedagogical site, especially in the teaching (and sometimes subverting) of gender roles.' Renaissance Studies