LEADER 03505nam 22006015 450 001 9910483185203321 005 20230810165852.0 010 $a9783030339586 010 $a3030339580 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-33958-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000010348327 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6111251 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-33958-6 035 $a(Perlego)3480320 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010348327 100 $a20200218d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aShakespeare and Sexuality in the Comedy of Morecambe & Wise /$fby Stephen Hamrick 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Comedy,$x2731-4340 311 08$a9783030339579 311 08$a3030339572 327 $aIntroduction -- Section One: Morecambe & Wise Past and Present -- Chapter 1 - Transferring Variety to Television -- Chapter 2 - The Shrine of Morecambe & Wise -- Section Two: Morecambe & Wise and Shakespeare -- Chapter 3 - Shakespop -- Chapter 4 - Embodying the Bard -- Chapter 5 - At War with the Boys -- Chapter 6 - Hamlets (formerly the conclusion) -- Section Three: Morecambe & Wise and Sexuality -- Chapter 7 - Impersonating Men -- Chapter 8 - Cross-Dressed Comedy -- Chapter 9 - In Bed with a Will -- Chapter 10 - Queer Shakespeare -- Conclusion. 330 $aContextualizing the duo's work within British comedy, Shakespeare criticism, the history of sexuality, and their own historical moment, this book offers the first sustained analysis of the 20th Century's most successful double-act. Over the course of a forty-four-year career (1940-1984), Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise appropriated snippets of verse, scenes, and other elements from seventeen of Shakespeare's plays more than one-hundred-and-fifty times. Fashioning a kinder, more inclusive world, they deployed a vast array of elements connected to Shakespeare, his life, and institutions. Rejecting claims that they offer only nostalgic escapism, Hamrick analyses their work within contemporary contexts, including their engagement with many forms and genres, including Variety, the heritage industry, journalism, and more. 'The Boys' deploy Shakespeare to work through issues of class, sexuality, and violence. Lesbianism, drag, gay marriage, and a queer aesthetics emerge, helping to normalise homosexuality and complicate masculinity in the 'permissive' 1960s. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Comedy,$x2731-4340 606 $aComedy 606 $aEthnology 606 $aEuropean literature$yRenaissance, 1450-1600 606 $aComedy Studies 606 $aSociocultural Anthropology 606 $aEarly Modern and Renaissance Literature 615 0$aComedy. 615 0$aEthnology. 615 0$aEuropean literature 615 14$aComedy Studies. 615 24$aSociocultural Anthropology. 615 24$aEarly Modern and Renaissance Literature. 676 $a791.0922 676 $a791.45617 700 $aHamrick$b Stephen$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0929991 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483185203321 996 $aShakespeare and Sexuality in the Comedy of Morecambe & Wise$92845219 997 $aUNINA