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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779941503321

Autore

Callaghan Dympna

Titolo

Shakespeare without women

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-63311-4

1-134-63312-2

1-280-31743-4

0-203-45772-2

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 219 p. : ill

Collana

Accents on Shakespeare

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

Theater - Casting - England - History - 16th century

Theater - Casting - England - History - 17th century

Feminism and theater - England - History

Female impersonators - England - History

Theater and society - England - History

Africans in literature

Black people in literature

Women in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-209) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter Introduction -- Cleopatra had a way with her -- chapter 1 And all is semblative a woman's part -- Body politics and Twelfth Night -- chapter 2 The castrator's song -- Female impersonation on the early modern stage -- chapter 3 Othello was a white man: Properties of race on -- Properties of race on Shakespeare's stage / Shakespeare's stage -- chapter 4 Irish memories in -- chapter 5 What is an audience?.

Sommario/riassunto

Shakespeare Without Women is a controversial study of female impersonation and the connections between dramatic and political representation in Shakespeare's plays.