M.A. Katritzky is Barbara Wilkes Research Fellow in Theatre Studies in the Literature Department of The Open University, UK, and author of The Art of Commedia: A study in the commedia dell’arte 1560-1620 with special reference to the visual records (2006).

• Contents: Introduction: 'Mountebanks, monsters and several beasts': Margaret Cavendish at the Antwerp carnival fair. Part I Performing Medieval Quacks: Quack actresses of 1514; Literary mountebanks I: sex 'n shopping on the medieval religious stage; A quack picture: a key to the appearance of medieval staging? Part II Visual Aspects of Mountebank Activity: Friendship albums and other visual sources; Containers, stages and venues; The troupe; Performative aspects. Part III Marketing Medicine: Medical and commercial activity; Women as healers; Literary mountebanks II: stage quacks of Ben Jonson, Thomas Killigrew, Aphra Behn and Christian Weise; Quack couples: the male-female partnership. Part IV Gendering Tooth-Drawers: Tooth-drawers; Literary mountebanks III: Johann Kuhnau's female tooth-drawer, 1700; A French tooth-drawer: on the stage of Europe's first secular theatre? Part V Commedia dell'Arte Actresses: The inamorata; Comici and buffoni; Italian mixed-gender troupes: Thomas II Platter and Hippolytus Guarinonius; Female stage costume and cross-dressing. Part VI English Comedians in Shakespearean Europe: The Women: English actresses and the rise of the German professional stage; Pre-1650 women associated with the English comedians; The introduction of actresses in German-speaking Europe; Literary mountebanks IV: Johann Beer's flying quacks and mixed-gender 'English' troupe. Bibliography; Index.

'Katritzky's main focus is on plays and players, but the author's assiduous research has assembled as much as could be hoped for on the extremely elusive presence of women in early modern performative medicine. This detailed study provides a storehouse of invaluable information, as well as decisive interventions in debates over the nature of early modern theatre.' Margaret Pelling, University of Oxford ’... impressively researched... A brief review can only suggest the wealth of examples and the depth of research that make this 'gendered' history of early modern theatrical practice an indispensable work in the field... the rich cultural context Katritzky provides makes the book a valuable resource for those engaged in more specialized studies.’ Renaissance Quarterly ’M. A. Katritzky's Women, Medicine and Theatre presents a fascinating wealth of visual and textual evidence signally important connections between women's roles in the theatricality of itinerant medical practitioners (mountebanks or quacks), and more literary or professional dramatic practice. ... Offering material that crosses European national borders, with particular focus on the Italian, English and German-speaking traditions, the book is spatially as well as temporally broad in scope, with good reason. ... Indeed, anyone with primary interest in a single national theatre, say in Shakespeare's England, should be attentive to Professor katritzky's evidence pointing toward much more entangled international practices. Her comparative and interdisciplinary approach is both exciting and welcome.’ Cahiers Elisabéthains ’In an era when many scholars seem to do everything they can to avoid archives, this scholar dives into them not only with energy and persistence, but with the tools necessary to evaluate and communicate what she finds. Her bibliographies are treasure troves, especially of things German. She also has amassed a remarkable catalog of visual resources, including many in priva

M.A. Katritzky is Barbara Wilkes Research Fellow in Theatre Studies in the Literature Department of The Open University, UK, and author of The Art of Commedia: A study in the commedia dell’arte 1560-1620 with special reference to the visual records (2006).

• Contents: Introduction: 'Mountebanks, monsters and several beasts': Margaret Cavendish at the Antwerp carnival fair. Part I Performing Medieval Quacks: Quack actresses of 1514; Literary mountebanks I: sex 'n shopping on the medieval religious stage; A quack picture: a key to the appearance of medieval staging? Part II Visual Aspects of Mountebank Activity: Friendship albums and other visual sources; Containers, stages and venues; The troupe; Performative aspects. Part III Marketing Medicine: Medical and commercial activity; Women as healers; Literary mountebanks II: stage quacks of Ben Jonson, Thomas Killigrew, Aphra Behn and Christian Weise; Quack couples: the male-female partnership. Part IV Gendering Tooth-Drawers: Tooth-drawers; Literary mountebanks III: Johann Kuhnau's female tooth-drawer, 1700; A French tooth-drawer: on the stage of Europe's first secular theatre? Part V Commedia dell'Arte Actresses: The inamorata; Comici and buffoni; Italian mixed-gender troupes: Thomas II Platter and Hippolytus Guarinonius; Female stage costume and cross-dressing. Part VI English Comedians in Shakespearean Europe: The Women: English actresses and the rise of the German professional stage; Pre-1650 women associated with the English comedians; The introduction of actresses in German-speaking Europe; Literary mountebanks IV: Johann Beer's flying quacks and mixed-gender 'English' troupe. Bibliography; Index.

'Katritzky's main focus is on plays and players, but the author's assiduous research has assembled as much as could be hoped for on the extremely elusive presence of women in early modern performative medicine. This detailed study provides a storehouse of invaluable information, as well as decisive interventions in debates over the nature of early modern theatre.' Margaret Pelling, University of Oxford ’... impressively researched... A brief review can only suggest the wealth of examples and the depth of research that make this 'gendered' history of early modern theatrical practice an indispensable work in the field... the rich cultural context Katritzky provides makes the book a valuable resource for those engaged in more specialized studies.’ Renaissance Quarterly ’M. A. Katritzky's Women, Medicine and Theatre presents a fascinating wealth of visual and textual evidence signally important connections between women's roles in the theatricality of itinerant medical practitioners (mountebanks or quacks), and more literary or professional dramatic practice. ... Offering material that crosses European national borders, with particular focus on the Italian, English and German-speaking traditions, the book is spatially as well as temporally broad in scope, with good reason. ... Indeed, anyone with primary interest in a single national theatre, say in Shakespeare's England, should be attentive to Professor katritzky's evidence pointing toward much more entangled international practices. Her comparative and interdisciplinary approach is both exciting and welcome.’ Cahiers Elisabéthains ’In an era when many scholars seem to do everything they can to avoid archives, this scholar dives into them not only with energy and persistence, but with the tools necessary to evaluate and communicate what she finds. Her bibliographies are treasure troves, especially of things German. She also has amassed a remarkable catalog of visual resources, including many in priva

M.A. Katritzky is Barbara Wilkes Research Fellow in Theatre Studies in the Literature Department of The Open University, UK, and author of The Art of Commedia: A study in the commedia dell’arte 1560-1620 with special reference to the visual records (2006).

• Contents: Introduction: 'Mountebanks, monsters and several beasts': Margaret Cavendish at the Antwerp carnival fair. Part I Performing Medieval Quacks: Quack actresses of 1514; Literary mountebanks I: sex 'n shopping on the medieval religious stage; A quack picture: a key to the appearance of medieval staging? Part II Visual Aspects of Mountebank Activity: Friendship albums and other visual sources; Containers, stages and venues; The troupe; Performative aspects. Part III Marketing Medicine: Medical and commercial activity; Women as healers; Literary mountebanks II: stage quacks of Ben Jonson, Thomas Killigrew, Aphra Behn and Christian Weise; Quack couples: the male-female partnership. Part IV Gendering Tooth-Drawers: Tooth-drawers; Literary mountebanks III: Johann Kuhnau's female tooth-drawer, 1700; A French tooth-drawer: on the stage of Europe's first secular theatre? Part V Commedia dell'Arte Actresses: The inamorata; Comici and buffoni; Italian mixed-gender troupes: Thomas II Platter and Hippolytus Guarinonius; Female stage costume and cross-dressing. Part VI English Comedians in Shakespearean Europe: The Women: English actresses and the rise of the German professional stage; Pre-1650 women associated with the English comedians; The introduction of actresses in German-speaking Europe; Literary mountebanks IV: Johann Beer's flying quacks and mixed-gender 'English' troupe. Bibliography; Index.

'Katritzky's main focus is on plays and players, but the author's assiduous research has assembled as much as could be hoped for on the extremely elusive presence of women in early modern performative medicine. This detailed study provides a storehouse of invaluable information, as well as decisive interventions in debates over the nature of early modern theatre.' Margaret Pelling, University of Oxford ’... impressively researched... A brief review can only suggest the wealth of examples and the depth of research that make this 'gendered' history of early modern theatrical practice an indispensable work in the field... the rich cultural context Katritzky provides makes the book a valuable resource for those engaged in more specialized studies.’ Renaissance Quarterly ’M. A. Katritzky's Women, Medicine and Theatre presents a fascinating wealth of visual and textual evidence signally important connections between women's roles in the theatricality of itinerant medical practitioners (mountebanks or quacks), and more literary or professional dramatic practice. ... Offering material that crosses European national borders, with particular focus on the Italian, English and German-speaking traditions, the book is spatially as well as temporally broad in scope, with good reason. ... Indeed, anyone with primary interest in a single national theatre, say in Shakespeare's England, should be attentive to Professor katritzky's evidence pointing toward much more entangled international practices. Her comparative and interdisciplinary approach is both exciting and welcome.’ Cahiers Elisabéthains ’In an era when many scholars seem to do everything they can to avoid archives, this scholar dives into them not only with energy and persistence, but with the tools necessary to evaluate and communicate what she finds. Her bibliographies are treasure troves, especially of things German. She also has amassed a remarkable catalog of visual resources, including many in priva