04052nam 22008174a 450 991082560960332120230828225148.01-281-36079-197866113607950-230-60092-110.1057/9780230600928(CKB)1000000000342494(EBL)308330(SSID)ssj0001661130(PQKBManifestationID)16438008(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001661130(PQKBWorkID)14988380(PQKB)11164448(SSID)ssj0000284792(PQKBManifestationID)11207741(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284792(PQKBWorkID)10262019(PQKB)11662087(DE-He213)978-0-230-60092-8(MiAaPQ)EBC308330(Au-PeEL)EBL308330(CaPaEBR)ebr10171508(CaONFJC)MIL136079(OCoLC)191934556(EXLCZ)99100000000034249420051220d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTheatre under Louis XIV[electronic resource] cross-casting and the performance of gender in drama, ballet and opera /Julia Prest1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-53578-8 1-4039-7518-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-189) and index.Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Cross-Dressing and Cross-Casting; Chapter I: Unattractive Women: Cross-Casting in Comedy; Chapter II: Boys Will Be Girls: Cross-Casting in School Drama; Chapter III: Female Roles in Court Ballet I: Men Playing Women; Chapter IV: Female Roles in Court Ballet II: Women Playing Women; Chapter V: Cross-Casting and Gender Ambiguity in Opera; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book explores the fascinating phenomenon of cross-casting and related gender issues in different theatrical genres and different performance contexts during the heyday of French theatre. Although professional acting troupes under Louis XIV were mixed, cross-casting remained an important feature of French court ballet (in which the King himself performed a number of women's roles) and an occasional feature of spoken comedy and tragic opera. Cross-casting also persisted out of necessity in the school drama of the period. This book fills an important gap in the history of French theatre and provides new insight into wider theoretical questions of gender and theatricality. The inclusion of chapters on ballet and opera (as well as spoken drama) opens up the richness of French theatre under Louis XIV in a way that has not been achieved before.Performing artsFranceHistory17th centuryPerforming artsFranceHistory18th centuryFemale impersonatorsFranceHistory17th centuryFemale impersonatorsFranceHistory18th centuryMale impersonatorsFranceHistory17th centuryMale impersonatorsFranceHistory18th centuryFrench drama17th centuryHistory and criticismFrench drama18th centuryHistory and criticismPerforming artsHistoryPerforming artsHistoryFemale impersonatorsHistoryFemale impersonatorsHistoryMale impersonatorsHistoryMale impersonatorsHistoryFrench dramaHistory and criticism.French dramaHistory and criticism.791.0944/09032Prest Julia895932MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825609603321Theatre under Louis XIV4007956UNINA