Cross-gender Shakespeare and English national identity: wearing the codpiece
Klett, Elizabeth
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This book examines contemporary female portrayals of male Shakespearean rolesand shows how these performances invite audiences to think differently about Shakespeare, the English nation, and themselves. INDICE: - - 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)
- ISBN: 978-0-230-61632-5
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 220
- Fecha Publicación: 14/07/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés