Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage : Boy Heroines and Female Pages /

Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage : Boy Heroines and Female Pages /

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"Like other English Renaissance writers and dramatists, Shakespeare was attracted to the heroine in male disguise. Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage examines the use of this type of character--man playing woman playing man--by framing five plays by Shakespeare against readings of some o...

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Main Author: Shapiro, Michael, 1938-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 1996.
Edition:First paperback edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > (1564-1616) > Personnages dans la litterature.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Women.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Dramatic production.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > To 1625.
Theâtre > Angleterre (GB) > Identite sexuelle > Dans la litterature.
Theâtre > Angleterre (GB) > 17e siecle.
Theâtre > Angleterre (GB) > 16e siecle.
Rôle selon le sexe > Dans la litterature.
Women in the theater.
Women in literature.
Theater > Casting.
Theater.
Sex role in literature.
Gender identity in the theater.
Gender identity in literature.
Disguise in literature.
Cross-dressing in literature.
Child actors.
Travestisme dans la litterature.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Deguisement dans la litterature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la litterature.
Identite de genre dans la litterature.
Enfants acteurs > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Enfants acteurs > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Femmes au theâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Femmes au theâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Identite de genre au theâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Identite de genre au theâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Theâtre > Distribution artistique > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Theâtre > Distribution artistique > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Child actors > England > History > 17th century.
Child actors > England > History > 16th century.
Women in the theater > England > History > 17th century.
Women in the theater > England > History > 16th century.
Gender identity in the theater > England > History > 17th century.
Gender identity in the theater > England > History > 16th century.
Theater > Casting > England > History > 17th century.
Theater > Casting > England > History > 16th century.
England.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • A brief social history of female cross-dressing
  • Male cross-dressing in playhouses and plays
  • Cross-gender disguise plus cross-gender casting
  • Bringing the page onstage: The two gentlemen of Verona
  • Doubling of cross-gender disguise: The merchant of Venice
  • Layers of disguise: As you like it
  • Anxieties of intimacy: Twelfth night
  • From center to periphery: Cymbeline.

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