| Description |
1 online resource (x, 208 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : wearing the codpiece -- The king's many bodies : Fiona Shaw's Richard II (1995-96) -- Playing with contradictions : Kathryn Hunter's King Lear (1997) -- Gender in exile : Vanessa Redgrave's Prospero in The tempest (2000) -- Staging and subverting nostalgia : Dawn French's Bottom in A midsummer night's dream (2001) -- Vice-versa : all-female Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre (2003-04) |
| Summary |
This astute book examines the cultural implications of reactions to contemporary performances in which Richard II, Lear, Prospero, Bottom, Richard III, Petruchio, and Benedick were played by women. Elizabeth Klett argues that the critical uproar in the British press provoked by these performances signals a deep-seated anxiety about the status of Shakespeare within British culture. By dismissing, mocking, or railing against these women, reviewers inadvertently demonstrate the power of these productions to disrupt a series of established forms: mimetic theater, normative gender identity, Shakespearean authority, and English national identity. This book discusses the ways these women's performances are changing the British theater, inviting their audiences to think differently about Shakespeare, their nation, and themselves |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1950-
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- England
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Theater -- Casting -- England
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Sex role in the theater.
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Theater and society -- England
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Literary studies: general -- United Kingdom, Great Britain.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Literature.
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Art appreciation
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Sex role in the theater
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Theater and society
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Theater -- Casting
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England
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230622609 |
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0230622607 |
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9780230616325 |
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0230616321 |
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9781349379880 |
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1349379883 |
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