Courtships and Marriage Customs in Shakespeare's Comedies | Elizabethan Wedding Traditions | Perfect for Literature Studies & Theater Productions

Loreen L. Giese's study of over 5000 important folios of court depositions contemporary with Shakespeare's plays demonstrates the complex ways those plays participate in and comment upon their culture, rather than stand apart from it. Both the court records and the plays present women as agents who are capable of challenging their traditional roles.