Shakespeare and gender in practice /
This book explores theoretical and practical approaches to performing gender in contemporary Shakespeare productions. It focuses on contemporary practice, looking at how it is responding to a new cultural politics of gender and creating a critical language for understanding the performing of gender...
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2016]
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| Series: | Shakespeare in practice.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. In Theory: 1. Gender theory; 2. Actor-audience dynamics at play in gender performance; 3. ShakesQueer; 4. Case study: all-female Julius Caesar; 5. Opportunity in performing Shakespeare is a drag for women
- Part II. In Practice: 6. All-male companies; 7. The female players and all-female companies; 8. Creative casting; 9. Queer Shakespeare; 10. The cross-gender workshop
- Part III. Debate and Provocation: 11. Interview with Lisa Wope.