2 books of (somewhat scholarly) non-fiction about women characters in theater

This week, I read two interesting books about women and theater. The first is Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical by Stacy Wolf. I liked it, but it was a little repetitive at points and somewhat intractable in terms of its overarching analysis (it felt a little like a dissertation-turned-book). The second is Women of Will: The Remarkable Evolution of Shakespeare's Female Characters by Tina Packer, the founding artistic director of Shakespeare and Company. I liked this one a lot, although she too has a clear agenda (arguing, for example, that Shakespeare had a life-changing love affair with Aemilia Bassano) and sometimes goes a bit astray on a tangent; however, her lifelong experience with and passion for the works of Shakespeare shines through in the text, making me want to bring her to CA for a performance and go to her workshop in MA. Both books are good resources for one of my extended essay advisees, and both books gave me some meaty things to wrap my brain around as I dive back into specific course planning this August.