Theatre under Louis XIV [[electronic resource] ] : cross-casting and the performance of gender in drama, ballet and opera / / Julia Prest
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Prest Julia
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Theatre under Louis XIV [[electronic resource] ] : cross-casting and the performance of gender in drama, ballet and opera / / Julia Prest
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.0944/09032 |
| Soggetto topico: | Performing arts - France - History - 17th century |
| Performing arts - France - History - 18th century | |
| Female impersonators - France - History - 17th century | |
| Female impersonators - France - History - 18th century | |
| Male impersonators - France - History - 17th century | |
| Male impersonators - France - History - 18th century | |
| French drama - 17th century - History and criticism | |
| French drama - 18th century - History and criticism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-189) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Theatre under Louis XIV |
| ISBN: | 1-281-36079-1 |
| 9786611360795 | |
| 0-230-60092-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825609603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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