Performing visible pregnancy in Shakespeare's plays /

This Element considers pregnant women and their costumes in the staging of Shakespeare's plays. It examines the connections between a character's costume and the changing social conventions of pregnancy. It questions mid twentieth century productions' reduction and elimination of well...

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Main Author: Lennox, Patricia (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2025].
Series:Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare performance.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- 'Big-bellied' women: Shakespeare, pregnancy, and dressing the pregnant character -- The gravid body: Juliet, Measure for Measure -- Choosing visibility: Helena, All's Well That Ends Well -- Case study: Hermione, The Winter's Tale -- When pregnancy is visible: what actors say about performing Hermione's pregnancy -- The pregnant actress: The Comedy of Errors 2021 -- Conversation with Phillip Breen and Hedydd Dylan -- Epilogue. 
520 |a This Element considers pregnant women and their costumes in the staging of Shakespeare's plays. It examines the connections between a character's costume and the changing social conventions of pregnancy. It questions mid twentieth century productions' reduction and elimination of well-established visible pregnancy costumes. It considers the role played by the sexual revolution in the 1960s in visible pregnancy's reinstatement. The Element focusses on the varied significance of its presence to actors and directors and explores the archives to chart this previously under-examined interaction between social conventions, costumes and the actors who wear them. 
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