| Impersonations: The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare's England Contributor(s): Orgel, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521568420 ISBN-13: 9780521568425 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $51.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1996 Annotation: Why was England the only country in Europe to maintain an all-male public theater in the Renaissance? Stephen Orgel uses this question as the starting point of a fresh and stimulating exploration of the representation of gender in Elizabethan drama and society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 792.094 |
| LCCN: 95041287 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.49" W x 8.5" (0.56 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why was England the only country in Europe to maintain an all-male public theatre in the Renaissance? Stephen Orgel uses this question as the starting point of a fresh and stimulating exploration of the representation of gender in Elizabethan drama and society. Why were boys used to play female roles in drama, and how did such cross-dressing impact on the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries? What was the place of women in the Renaissance theatre, either on the stage or in the audience? And what did society make of those women who significantly and successfully violated accepted gender boundaries? At once provocative and witty, lucid and stylish, Impersonations will reshape our understanding of the Renaissance theatre, and make us rethink our own inadequate categories of gender, power and sexuality. |