Abstract
This article sets out to explore the relationship between drama and the political during the Civil War. Using the closet drama of two sisters, Jane and Elizabeth Cavendish, as a focus, it examines the way national political movements were assimilated and produced in literature by the individual, particularly by women. The first section examines drama as a defining familial discourse for the Cavendishes. It goes on to look at the feminised arena of conversation and dialogue as sheered politically under the pressure of events. Finally it examines the idea of the closet and the regeneration of the language of romance to produce political commentary.
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